Hardwired (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Walter Jon Williams
- First Published: 1986
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—cyberpunk
- Time of Work: The twenty-first century
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Alternate history
- Subjects: Communism or communists, Future, Other worlds, Nazism or Nazis, Earth, Soviet Union or Soviets
- Locales: United States
The Plot
Hardwired displays a future world similar to that of other cyberpunk fiction of the mid-1980s, most notably William Gibsons Neuromancer (1984). Political and military power are wielded by ruthless megacorporations, examples of capitalism run rampant. Courageous individuals, forced into illegal and ethically compromised positions, struggle for freedom. Computers and their worldwide networks are central to virtually all human activity, and bioengineering has made possible various human/computer linkups as well as certain bionic powers. Designer drugs,...
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