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Fran Ilich is a writer and media-artist working on creative practices of experimental economies and finance, hacktivism and narrative media. He was a fellow at Eyebeam Art and Technology Center in New York, and is CEO of the Diego de la Vega cooperative media conglomerate. Ilich is author of the novels Metro-pop (1997), Tekno Guerrilla (2007), and Circa 94 (2010), as well as Another Narrative is Possible: Political Imagination in the Age of the Internet, the English version to be published by the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam. He was editor at large of Sputnik Cultura Digital magazine, screenwriter of the show Interacción (Discovery Channel Latin America), researcher at Centro Multimedia México, and manager of the literature depa ...more

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	Metro-pop (Gran angular) 3.37 avg rating — 115 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Circa 94 3.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tekno Guerrilla 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inventar el futuro: Arte, electricidad, nuevos medios by Edward A. Shanken, Fran Ilich (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Everardo Reyes Garcia (Translation) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deleting Me: Una Novela En Trece Cuentos by B. Rbara Santos (Designer), Blas Valdez (Goodreads Author), Fran Ilich (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Otra narrativa es posible. Imaginación política en la era de Internet really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unreal, Silver-Plated Book / El Libro plateado y real by Eduardo Molinari, Jennifer Flores Sternad (Contributor), Fran Ilich (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Megacorps (a board game by Greg Costikyan)

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I bought the game because of its obvious relation to the cyberpunk genre and today’s global neoliberal reality hoping that some players would open their eyes to it without having to resort to heated political debate. The cover art also inspired me towards buying it: a couple of guys camouflaged with black suits (standard urban financier battle gear) pupp

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Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies

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Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace

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