Pirate Utopia presents a view to the short history of the the Republic of Carnago (stand-in for the Free State of Fiume) through the kaleidoscope of Futurism-capital ‘F’. Satirically glamorous, Bruce Sterling's Pirate Utopia (2016, Tachyon) captures a comically refined view of the proceedings as only Bruce Sterling can. The 1920s simultaneously blustering for the wonders of the future modernism seemed to promise, it was wild times in Europe. Likewise a milieu of anarchists, liberals, fascists, etc., the small region was a hotbed of human political interest for a short period of time, and almost as a natural expansion, military tension. Another politically complex conflict nearly elided by time is the happenings in the Free State of Fiume in the years directly following the first world war. The Spanish civil wars something little discussed globally in the years since, they have become almost a footnote to the world war erupting soon after. Detailing the plights of the communists, marxists, fascists, anarchists, nationalists, and the conservative and liberal sub-units each consist of, it provides a fascinating view into how complex political ideologies can be in practice. ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.George Orwell’s Homage to Catalonia is a wonderful piece of journalism recounting the civil conflicts in Spain prior to WWII. His most recent editorial projects include The Apes of Wrath, Rayguns Over Texas, Hap and Leonard, and Hap and Leonard Ride Again. Mojo Press co-founder Rick Klaw is an editor, pop culture historian, reviewer, social media maven, and optimistic curmudgeon. He lives in Austin, Texas, where he also practices technology law. His other fiction and criticism can be found at. World Fantasy Award nominee Christopher Brown’s novel Tropic of Kansas, about Americans trying to create their own liberated city-states, is forthcoming from Harper Voyager in 2017. He was the Artist Guest of Honour at Ars Necronomica 2015. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases, Lovecraft's Monsters, and Clive Barker’s A Z of Horror. John Coulthart is the World Fantasy Award-winning illustrator and designer of the iconic Steampunk anthology series, the The Thackery T. He has written for Vice and Wired UK and is currently at work on various projects. His graphic novel Iron Man Extermis was the basis for the blockbuster Iron Man 3 movie. Warren Ellis is the internationally-bestselling author of the graphic novels Transmetropolitan, Fell, Red, and Planetary, and the novels Gun Machine and Crooked Little Vein. Sterling splits his time among the cities of Austin, Turin, and Belgrade. A renowned expert on technology, Sterling has appeared on ABC's Nightline, the BBC's The Late Show, MTV, and TechTV, and in Wired where he is a featured blogger, as well as in Time, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Fortune, Nature, La Stampa, La Repubblica, and many other venues. His much-heralded nonfiction includes The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier, and The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things. ![]() He is perhaps best known for his ten visionary science fiction novels, as a founder of the cyberpunk movement, and as the editor of the quintessential cyberpunk anthology Mirrorshades. And the Prophet, a seductive warrior-poet who leads via free love and military ruthlessness.įresh off of a worldwide demonstration of their might, can the Futurists engage the aid of sinister American traitors and establish global domination?īruce Sterling ( Schismatrix, The Zenith Angle, Zeitgeist) is an internationally-bestselling author, journalist, editor, columnist, and critic. ![]() The Ace of Hearts, a dashing Milanese aristocrat, spymaster, and tactical savant. Frau Piffer, Syndicalist manufacturer of torpedos at a factory run by and for women. Lorenzo Secondari, World War I veteran, engineering genius, and leader of Croatian raiders. The ambitious Soldier-Citizens of Carnaro are led by a brilliant and passionate coterie of the perhaps insane. Mortal enemies of communists, capitalists, and even fascists (to whom they are not entirely unsympathetic). Who are these bold rebels pillaging their European neighbors in the name of revolution? The Futurists! Utopian pirate warriors of the diminutive Regency of Carnaro, scourge of the Adriatic Sea. Original introduction by Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine
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