The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age

In this work Allucquere Rosanne Stone examines the interface of technology and desire: from busy cyberlabs to the electronic solitude of the Internet, from "virtual cross-dressers" to the trial of a man accused of having raped a woman by seducing one of her multiple personalities.

Writing of creating a "text that breaks rules", Stone employs elements from a wide range of disciplines and genres, including cultural and critical theory, social sciences, pulp journalism, science fiction and personal memoir.