Las Vegas is considered a modern icon of excess. It offers every
imaginable extreme of greed, pleasure, and despair, all supported
by technology that enhances fantasy and allows residents and
visitors alike to forget reality and responsibility. The authors of
the fourteen stories in Dead Neon imagine Sin City in the near
future, when excess has led to social, environmental, or economic
collapse. Their stories range from futuristic casinos to the seared
post-apocalyptic desert, from the struggle to survive in a
repressive theocracy to the madness of living in a world where most
life forms and all moral codes have vanished. Dead Neon explores
the possible future of America by examining the near future of Las
Vegas. The authors, all either Vegas-based or intimately familiar
with the city, capture its unique rhythms and flavor and probe its
potential for evoking the fullest range of the human spirit in
settings of magic, horror, and despair.
General
Imprint: |
University of Nevada Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2010 |
First published: |
October 2010 |
Editors: |
Todd James Pierce
• Jarret Keene
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Dimensions: |
139 x 217 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
200 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-87417-828-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
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LSN: |
0-87417-828-2 |
Barcode: |
9780874178289 |
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