Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology
by Bruce Sterling | 
Globalhead
by Bruce Sterling | 
A Good Old-Fashioned Future
by Bruce Sterling | 
Visionary in Residence
by Bruce Sterling | 
Pixel Juice
by Jeff Noon | 
Wireless
by Charles Stross | 
Islands in the Net
by Bruce Sterling | 
Holy Fire
by Bruce Sterling | 
Schismatrix
by Bruce Sterling | 
Heavy Weather
by Bruce Sterling | 
Zeitgeist
by Bruce Sterling | 
The Artificial Kid
by Bruce Sterling | 
The Caryatids
by Bruce Sterling | 
Distraction
by Bruce Sterling | 
The Zenith Angle
by Bruce Sterling | 
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline | 
The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson | 
Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang | 
The Windup Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi | 
Galactic Energies
by Luca Rossi |
Short stories which depict worlds full of scientific advancement, genetic and surgical modifications of people, colonization of the solar system and alien contact. But they also show concern for the future of real people. The author's books include Involution Ocean and Islands in the Net.