Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather by Bruce Sterling, published by Bantam Books in 1994, is a work of fiction that immerses readers in a vividly imagined future. The narrative follows a group known as the Storm Troupe, a mix of brilliant outlaws who operate as part research team and part hacker cult. Set against a backdrop of ecological disaster, the story explores their adventures as they chase erratic monster storms across the Southwestern badlands, a region devastated by the greenhouse effect.
Readers will encounter a diverse cast of characters, including scientists, survivalists, ecoterrorists, and computer hackers, all navigating a world rife with a black market for semilegal narcotics, privatized currency, and even human organs. The novel presents a unique perspective on life at the fringes of civilization, where a freewheeling band of paramilitary Texas Rangers adds to the chaotic landscape. With 310 pages, this edition offers a comprehensive exploration of Sterling’s imaginative vision, engaging with themes of survival and the consequences of environmental neglect.
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Bruce Sterling, takes us on a wildly inventive ride into the future with a strange group of brilliant outlaws – part research team, part hacker cult. They call themselves the Storm Troupe and they hack heavy weather. They chase the monster storms that twist erratically across the Southwestern badlands laid to waste by the greenhouse effect. Heavy Weather vividly depicts a world wasted by ecological disaster, fueled by a black market in everything from semilegal narcotics and privatized currency to human organs, and populated by a cast of characters living on the edge of civilization – scientists, survivalists, ecoterrorists, computer hackers, artists, demolition experts, and what’s left of the law: a freewheeling band of paramilitary Texas Rangers.
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