Hardwired (novel)

Hardwired is a 1986 cyberpunk science fiction novel by American writer Walter Jon Williams.

HardWired
First edition
AuthorWalter Jon Williams
Cover artistLuis Royo
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherNight Shade Books
Publication date
1986
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
ISBN978-1-59780-062-4
OCLC77500827

It was nominated for the 1987 Locus Award.[1]

Plot summary

The Orbital Corporations won the war, and now they control America.[2] Cowboy, one of the protagonists, is a smuggler who can control an armored hovertank using a neural interface. The other protagonist, Sarah, is a mercenary assassin; she and Cowboy end up teaming up to fight the Orbitals.

Series

HardWired is part of a series which includes:

In other media

R. Talsorian Games, with Williams' assistance, published Hardwired: The Sourcebook for their Cyberpunk role-playing game, which further expanded many of the concepts and the world setting of the novel.[3] Williams had a previous relationship with creator Mike Pondsmith and R. Talsorian Games, playtesting the original Cyberpunk game system.

gollark: It's a computer, but you can carry it.
gollark: I would join "in person" but multiMC isn't working today.]
gollark: Huh. Apparently SPUDNET is disconnected. Oh well.
gollark: I can probably help with that, if I connect to a spare potatOS computer with a modem.
gollark: What are you doing? Network stuff?

See also
  • Damnation Alley, a novel by Roger Zelazny which Williams stated was an inspiration for his novel.

References
  1. "Locus Awards 1987". science fiction awards database. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  2. "Hardwired Plot Summary". The Cyberspace, Hypertext, and Critical Theory Web. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. E.B. (October–November 1989). "Capsules". Space Gamer. World Wide Wargames. 2 (2): 56–57.


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