Live Without a Net (book)

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Live Without a Net is a science fiction anthology edited by Lou Anders, published by Roc in 2003. It included works by Stephen Baxter, David Brin, Paul Di Filippo, Mike Resnick & Kay Kenyon, Rudy Rucker, S. M. Stirling, and Michael Swanwick. [1]

In an interview with Rick Kleffel, Anders noted part of his motivation for the anthology:

"I was reacting to what I felt was a preponderance of post-cyberpunk in American science fiction in the year 2000. The anthology was a deliberate attempt to counter that trend in some small and useful way." [2]

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References

  1. Webpage for the anthology Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine at louanders.com. Accessed June 22, 2011.
  2. Rick Kleffel interview with Lou Anders, April 18, 2004. Accessed January 28, 2008