Ben Bova, best-selling and award-winning author of the "Grand Tour"
and "Asteroid Wars" series, takes a sardonic look at the humorous
possibilities of future technology. The Starcrossed: Bill Oxnard, a
young technological genius, had perfected true three-dimensional
television, making ordinary TV obsolete. He thought he would be rich
and famous -- but he hadn't realized how deranged the executives
running the industry were; nor what sort of programs they were
planning to broadcast using the new process in the maniacal quest for
ratings. Cyberbooks: Carl Lewis has a dream -- to make books
accessible and affordable to every person in the country, and thinks
his "cyberbook," about as large and as cheap as a pocket calculator,
will make it possible for anyone to download books directly and
cheaply. But he has no idea what he's about to get into, nor does the
lovely but naïve Loai Tashkajian. Will they survive this foray into
the cut-throat world of big publishing? And just who is suddenly
murdering all those nice elderly people on the streets of New York,
anyway? These two full-length novels of twistedly comic, but very
possible futures, plus several shorter works, add up to a generous
volume of futuristic fun and hilarious high-tech.
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