The Cybergypsies
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The Cybergypsies

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
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The Cybergypsies

About this book

THE CYBERGYPSIES describes one man's exploration of cyberspace over many years and the folk he meets on the Net, the cybergypsies: virus writers, hackers, witches, sex-peddlars, conmen, net vamps, randy paratroopers posing as girls; the A-bomb blueprints he was offered for sale. He recounts with startling honesty how he nearly lost everything because of his obsession with the Net and how the Net can be as dangerous and destructive as any drug addiction. However, the author also shows how the Internet can be used for positive aims, as he describes how he fought for human rights with desperate appeals for the Kurdish refugees in the wake of the Gulf War and justice for Bhopal's gas victims in campaigns involving Jeffrey Archer and Don McCullin.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Chapter 1: Satanbug
  4. Chapter 2: The Oklahoma Institute of Virus Research
  5. Chapter 3: Alone in the cybernight
  6. Chapter 4: Slasha
  7. Chapter 5: Castle Perilous
  8. Chapter 6: Jamrach & Sons
  9. Chapter 7: Lorelei
  10. Chapter 8: Immortals only
  11. Chapter 9: Great Tew
  12. Chapter 10: The Rollright Stones
  13. Chapter 11: Old Mother Shipton
  14. Chapter 12: In a Sussex hedgerow
  15. Chapter 13: 130.43.43.43
  16. Chapter 14: The language of birds
  17. Chapter 15: Sogonr appieanr
  18. Chapter 16: Rain rain go away
  19. Chapter 17: Raga Rageshri
  20. Chapter 18: A wicked stepdaughter
  21. Chapter 19: Aphrodite foods and supplies
  22. Chapter 20: The Monastery of Apostolos Andreas
  23. Chapter 21: Aftermath
  24. Chapter 22: Hoyo de Monterrey
  25. Chapter 23: Windowsills
  26. Chapter 24: Calypso gains immortality
  27. Chapter 25: War in cyberspace (nothing to do with Geno of course)
  28. Chapter 26: Gypsy Caravanserai (Cabbalist’s story)
  29. Chapter 27: On the Ripper trail
  30. Chapter 28: Application to join NuKE
  31. Chapter 29: The art of death
  32. Chapter 30: Hole in the wall
  33. Chapter 31: Hacker’s Chicken
  34. Chapter 32: Gypsy Caravanserai (Morgan’s story)
  35. Chapter 33: Jarly lets go
  36. Chapter 34: Losing it
  37. Chapter 35: Next year in Jerusalem
  38. Chapter 36: Gypsy Caravanserai (Chorley’s story)
  39. Chapter 37: Missing
  40. Chapter 38: The immortals meet on Olympus
  41. Chapter 39: Barbarella
  42. Chapter 40: A lipsdropped conversation
  43. Chapter 41: The death of Hagstor
  44. Chapter 42: Strange cries before dawn
  45. Chapter 43: Dreamdancing
  46. Chapter 44: Hacking the Coconet
  47. Chapter 45: Into the Vortex
  48. Chapter 46: Through the cyberverse
  49. Chapter 47: A picnic in Narnia
  50. Chapter 48: Cyri
  51. Chapter 49: Hindustani by candlelight
  52. Chapter 50: Hackers vs hacks
  53. Chapter 51: Found on Nasty Ned’s hard disk
  54. Chapter 52: Nasty Ned the Net Nark
  55. Chapter 53: A proposal of marriages
  56. Chapter 54: Famous in Famagusta
  57. Chapter 55: Pantisocracy with field voles
  58. Chapter 56: A call from Anita
  59. Chapter 57: A tale of two cities
  60. Chapter 58: Almond blossom in Kurdistan
  61. Chapter 59: Eye witness
  62. Chapter 60: Sipple of Arabia
  63. Chapter 61: Memorial to the dead of Balisan
  64. Chapter 62: Chaos
  65. Chapter 63: A chat with Morgan on Shades
  66. Chapter 64: Barefoot and starving
  67. Chapter 65: The Flying Teapot
  68. Chapter 66: Nostrajarlius
  69. Chapter 67: Lost cluster
  70. Chapter 68: A chat with Dreamdancer on Shades
  71. Chapter 69: The simple truth
  72. Chapter 70: An affair of the heart
  73. Chapter 71: Prophecies
  74. Chapter 72: Madoc
  75. Chapter 73: Lucifer’s crime
  76. Chapter 74: The lament of Gawain
  77. Chapter 75: The death of Micronet
  78. Chapter 76: Dear Jeffrey Archer
  79. Chapter 77: More massacres
  80. Chapter 78: Ambushed by Kurds (and Bear)
  81. Chapter 79: Why Krug champagne?
  82. Chapter 80: A song for Jeffrey Archer
  83. Chapter 81: Goran
  84. Chapter 82: Cry (a song by Rzgar Goran for Jeffrey Archer)
  85. Chapter 83: The Butterfly Effect
  86. Chapter 84: Gliomach’s game
  87. Chapter 85: Jarly makes good
  88. Chapter 86: Silk Cunt
  89. Chapter 87: Mailbomber vs nailbomber
  90. Chapter 88: Complaint to the managing director
  91. Chapter 89: A brief note on viruses
  92. Chapter 90: Lunch with Ian Paisley, Jr
  93. Chapter 91: Moderation
  94. Chapter 92: Sacred relics
  95. Chapter 93: Golden Buddha
  96. Chapter 94: Headlong
  97. Chapter 95: Lilith (on wives)
  98. Chapter 96: Luna waxing (positively gibbous)
  99. Chapter 97: The Cyber Sutra
  100. Chapter 98: C. elegans
  101. Chapter 99: The full Luna
  102. Chapter 100: Droid
  103. Chapter 101: Luna waning
  104. Chapter 102: Crescent Luna (the fields of Lethe)
  105. Chapter 103: Eve in the garden
  106. Chapter 104: The new Luna
  107. Chapter 105: Sea State 6
  108. Chapter 106: Grabbing the girl
  109. Chapter 107: The barber of Fakenham
  110. Chapter 108: Peacemarchers
  111. Chapter 109: No-incidence
  112. Chapter 110: The week of the five weirdnesses
  113. Chapter 111: Ancestral voices
  114. Chapter 112: Zek and Misha
  115. Chapter 113: Undress rehearsal
  116. Chapter 114: Bear-wallah Sutra
  117. Chapter 115: Kissimmee quick
  118. Chapter 116: Casting Madison
  119. Chapter 117: The yoga of two
  120. Chapter 118: All in the mind
  121. Chapter 119: Remember Venice
  122. Chapter 120: Descent to the underworld
  123. Chapter 121: Immortality for sale
  124. Chapter 122: Threat to sue all internet users
  125. Chapter 123: Ostriches and the moon
  126. Chapter 124: Le Palais Ideal
  127. Chapter 125: Sushi in Stockholm
  128. Chapter 126: Golden eagles
  129. Chapter 127: Plan 9
  130. Chapter 128: Déjà vu
  131. Chapter 129: The other half
  132. Chapter 130: A spy in Thorp
  133. Chapter 131: Palden Gyatso
  134. Chapter 132: For best results
  135. Chapter 133: Conversation with Don McCullin – part I
  136. Chapter 134: Ecstasy and agony in squeaky voices
  137. Chapter 135: Conversation with Don – part II
  138. Chapter 136: Sathyu
  139. Chapter 137: Sathyu’s Orissan chicken
  140. Chapter 138: Leaves & Birds (a poem for Bhopal by Raf Atul Hussaini)
  141. Chapter 139: Payload
  142. Chapter 140: The hunters
  143. Chapter 141: Jarly pays BT back
  144. Chapter 142: Lunacy by the river
  145. Chapter 143: Q95 is dead
  146. Chapter 144: Hard Knot
  147. Chapter 145: Gotcha
  148. Chapter 146: MacGillicuddy’s Reeks
  149. Chapter 147: Tralee
  150. Chapter 148: Dunquin
  151. Chapter 149: Gypsy Caravanserai (Alain’s story)
  152. Chapter 150: Slumming it
  153. Acknowledgements
  154. About the Author
  155. Copyright