Slaughtermatic
By: by Steve Aylett.
Publisher: Four Walls Eight Windows; Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York; [Berkeley, Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Virtual reality -- Fiction; Computer hackers -- Fiction
Description: Full of sass and sarcasm, ultra-cool Dante Cubit and his pill-popping sidekick, the Entropy Kid, waltz into First National with some serious attitude and a couple of snub guns. Within minutes, another (timetraveling) Dante appears - inside the bank vault - and the heist is on. But something's not right. Is it all just a virtual reality prank of Dante's hacker pal, Download Jones? Have Dante and the Kid really heisted the bank?

What follows is a tangle of reality and virtual reality. Adding to the fireworks is the very real hitman Brute Parker, hot on the trail and out to exterminate Dante - or is it Dante Two - his rival for the love of the captivating assassin Rosa Control.