I knew it looked photoshopped but wanted it to be real, so I looked up the isbn. Sadly, it is not this book. Weirdly, it is a different scifi book that sounds half decent and actually won an award.
Brute Orbits by Goerge Zebrowski. He was (just died in Dec of 2024) a scifi machine and churned out several of the star trek books as well as a shit load of original works all through the 70's till about 2000. And this one happens to be one of his highest rated works.
Also in this rabbit hole: he worked/lived with (possible partner of?) Pamela Sargent who wrote Earthseed. A huge scifi book for those who are into it.
That ISBN does match, but I've just... obtained... Brute Orbits and it doesn't seem like what's described in the picture. It's about futuristic prisons and seems to have little or no cyberpunk elements.
Its important to note, that while the ISBN matches Brute Orbits by George Zebrowski the description doesnt. A truly deep mystery, its almost like someone created a fake image and posted it on the interweb for laughs.
19 Comments
MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 74 pts · 168d
I've read this [...] book [...] this year.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 168d
Klear@quokk.au · 9 pts · 168d
No, *I* am Gibson!
Mim@lemmy.zip · 35 pts · 168d
Sounds absolutely terrible.
I'm in.
supernight52@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 168d
This legitimately sounds like a hilarious read. Like a B-Movie, but with books.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 23 pts · 168d
It's a story, you know, fiction, printed on cheap paper made from cheap wood pulp... maybe we could call it pulp fiction?
grue@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 168d
This is so stupid it wraps around to hilarious, then wraps around again to just plain stupid.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 168d
I want… to read it… this year.
lime@feddit.nu · 25 pts · 168d
imagine how good Tums 2 must feel.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 168d
You sonuva bitch, I’m in
MrEff@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 168d
I knew it looked photoshopped but wanted it to be real, so I looked up the isbn. Sadly, it is not this book. Weirdly, it is a different scifi book that sounds half decent and actually won an award.
Brute Orbits by Goerge Zebrowski. He was (just died in Dec of 2024) a scifi machine and churned out several of the star trek books as well as a shit load of original works all through the 70's till about 2000. And this one happens to be one of his highest rated works.
Also in this rabbit hole: he worked/lived with (possible partner of?) Pamela Sargent who wrote Earthseed. A huge scifi book for those who are into it.
vmmv@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 168d
Is this necromancer?
vmmv@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 168d
I checked the isbn, it's brute orbits by George Zebrowski
Davel23@fedia.io · 21 pts · 168d
That ISBN does match, but I've just... obtained... Brute Orbits and it doesn't seem like what's described in the picture. It's about futuristic prisons and seems to have little or no cyberpunk elements.
Edit: Found it! It's The Neon Divide: A Cyberpunk Saga
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 168d
I get the impression that this is actually fanfiction based on the image, rather than the source of the image:
GorGor@startrek.website · 17 pts · 168d
Its important to note, that while the ISBN matches Brute Orbits by George Zebrowski the description doesnt. A truly deep mystery, its almost like someone created a fake image and posted it on the interweb for laughs.
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 168d
Thank you!
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 168d
With a Darpa Killblade?
Jokes aside, nope.
CPMSP@midwest.social · 7 pts · 168d
Doing crazy future drugs? Fuck yes I'm in!