Digital Outback: Cyberpunk and Culture on the Edge of the Net

by Daniel Messer

From the backwaters of the Web to the forefront of the Net, Daniel Messer explores the culture of cyberpunk and the high tech, low life philosophy. The cultural dissonance of Max Headroom, dancing Japanese salary-men, and online immortality; Digital Outback dives deep into the stranger and more unfamiliar parts of what it means to live online and exist digitally.

60 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 29, 2016

About the author

Daniel Messer is from the Internet.

He's a writer, podcaster, musician, and the creator and host of Cyberpunk Librarian, a library tech podcast. When he's not podcasting about library technology, chances are he's working on one of his other shows, including pulp sci-fi casts like Intragalactic Librarian or maybe Parables of the Vibe.

He's the author of several non-fiction books, and is currently at work on several writing projects. A musician and songwriter working in the instrumental, space, and ambient genres; he's recorded multiple albums and he's likely working on another one of those too.

Born and raised in Washington State, he now lives in Kentuckiana where there are trees, woodland creatures, and beautiful vistas to explore.