Web, The
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A 1997-1999 Shared-World enterprise of twelve novella-length Cyberspace adventures for Young Adults, set in the numerous Virtual Realities of an imagined Internet twenty years in the future – that is, 2027-2028. Participating authors, each contributing one title except where indicated, were: Stephen Baxter (two titles), Stephen Bowkett, Eric Brown (two titles), Pat Cadigan, Maggie Furey (two titles), Peter F Hamilton, Graham Joyce, James Lovegrove and Ken MacLeod. For convenience the entire sequence is listed in order below, along with the two anonymously edited Anthology volumes each assembling six titles: Web 2027 (anth 1999) and Web 2028 (anth 1999). Anthology jacket titles, The Web 2027 and The Web 2028, differ from the title pages. [DRL]
The Web
- Stephen Baxter. The Web: Gulliverzone (London: Orion Children's Books, 1997) [tie to the Shared World: #1: The Web: hb/Leigh Jones]
- Stephen Bowkett. The Web: Dreamcastle (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin Paperbacks, 1997) [tie to the Shared World: #2: The Web: hb/Leigh Jones]
- Eric Brown. The Web: Untouchable (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin, 1997) [tie to the Shared World: #3: The Web: hb/Chris Baker as Fangorn]
- Graham Joyce. The Web: Spiderbite (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin, 1997) [tie to the Shared World: #4: The Web: pb/Chris Baker as Fangorn]
- Peter F Hamilton. The Web: Lightstorm (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin, 1998) [chap: tie to the Shared World: #5: The Web: pb/Chris Baker as Fangorn]
- Maggie Furey. The Web: Sorceress (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin, 1998) [tie to the Shared World: #6: The Web: pb/Chris Baker as Fangorn]
- Anonymous SF Editor. Web 2027 (London: Orion/Millennium, 1999) [anth: comprising #1-#6 above: The Web: pb/blacksheep]
- Stephen Baxter. The Web: Webcrash (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin, 1998) [tie to the Shared World: #7: The Web: hb/Chris Baker]
- Ken MacLeod. The Web: Cydonia (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin, 1998) [tie to the Shared World: #8: The Web: pb/Chris Baker as Fangorn]
- James Lovegrove. The Web: Computopia (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin, 1998) [tie to the Shared World: #9: The Web: pb/Chris Baker as Fangorn]
- Maggie Furey. The Web: Spindrift (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin, 1998) [tie to the Shared World: #10: The Web: pb/Chris Baker as Fangorn]
- Pat Cadigan. The Web: Avatar (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin, 1999) [chap: tie to the Shared World: #11: The Web: pb/Daniel]
- Eric Brown. The Web: Walkabout (London: Orion Children's Books/Dolphin, 1999) [tie to the Shared World: #12: The Web: pb/Daniel]
- Anonymous SF Editor. Web 2028 (London: Orion/Millennium, 1999) [anth: comprising #7-#12 above: The Web: pb/blacksheep]
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