Dead Neon: Tales of Near-Future Las Vegas (WEST WORD FICTION)
extreme of greed, pleasure, and despair, all supported by technology that
enhances fantasy and allows residents and visitors alike to forget reality
and responsibility. The authors of the fourteen stories in Dead Neon imagine Sin City in the near future, when excess has led to social, environmental, or
economic collapse. Their stories range from futuristic casinos to the seared
post-apocalyptic desert, from the struggle to survive in a repressive theo-
cracy to the madness of living in a world where most life forms and all
moral codes have vanished.
Dead Neon explores the possible future of America by examining the near future of Las Vegas. The authors, all either Vegas-based or intimately fami-
liar with the city, capture its unique rhythms and flavor and probe its poten-
tial for evoking the fullest range of the human spirit in settings of magic,
horror, and despair.
Dead Neon: Tales of Near-Future Las Vegas (WEST WORD FICTION)
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Las Vegas is considered a modern icon of excess. It offers every imaginable
extreme of greed, pleasure, and despair, all supported by technology that
enhances fantasy and allows residents and visitors alike to forget reality
and responsibility. The authors of the fourteen stories in Dead Neon imagine Sin City in the near future, when excess has led to social, environmental, or
economic collapse. Their stories range from futuristic casinos to the seared
post-apocalyptic desert, from the struggle to survive in a repressive theo-
cracy to the madness of living in a world where most life forms and all
moral codes have vanished.
Dead Neon explores the possible future of America by examining the near future of Las Vegas. The authors, all either Vegas-based or intimately fami-
liar with the city, capture its unique rhythms and flavor and probe its poten-
tial for evoking the fullest range of the human spirit in settings of magic,
horror, and despair.
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Date: January 26, 2012
Categories: Las Vegas