Mondo 2000: A User's Guide to the New Edge

by Rudy Rucker, R.U. Sirius, Queen Mu, et al.

Book Overview

An introduction to the coming revolution in art, technology, media, chemistry, science, and music discusses amino chemistry, manotechnology, high-tech paganism, teledildonics, and more. $75,000... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060969288
• ISBN13: 9780060969288
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

The year was 1992 and there was a future of techno-shamen, raves, and cyberpunk computing

Instead we got Windows 95, AOL users on the Internet, LinkedIn, and the RIAA/MPAA lawsuits. Oh yeah, and this book is still around. It probably looked dated to the folks in the offset printing factory, but it's a fun, colorful, vibrantly funky dated. It's a great read of the late, somewhat lamented, Mondo 2000 crowd.

90's nostalgia

This book was a very fun find for me, especially as I live in a more rural area and missed a lot of the "Cyberculture" including most of Mondo 2000's run... Oh, well... I really liked reading from it, and even now it would be worth a look.

If you read mondo 2000, there are no surprises here, but...

If you have read Mondo 2000 before, then nothing in this book will be much of a surprise. In fact in 1998 this book is clearly retro. Still, to the new reader you will find much of the information interesting. The format is basically an A-Z of popular memes and cultural phenomena with a pseudo hypertext interface. High gloss and flashy. Suitable for a coffee table, but you might want to keep it on your reference shelf.

Very '1990' look at the future

A very 1990 look at the future, but well done withgood graphics. Covers music, fashion, Industry,etc.