The Artificial Kid (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Bruce Sterling
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cyberpunk
- Time of Work: Undefined
- Setting: The planet Reverie
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Art or artists, Other worlds, Gangs, youth, Filmmaking or filmmakers, Artificial intelligence
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
Arti, the Artificial Kid, introduces himself and explains his persona and his performance art, which he produces assisted by his gang members and drone cameras. In the Decriminalized Zone, rival youth gangs strut and challenge one another, filming all the while. He and his friend and patron, Mr. Richer Money Manies, produce films for people living off-planet on orbiting platforms called oneills (a pun on Irish migrants and “one ills”). The Kid is recognized as the best of the combat artistes.
When one of the ritualized gang combats turns serious, the Kid...
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