The Web is a series of 12 books for young adults, novellas about the

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

of the future, edited by Simon Spanton, written by English language science fiction and fantasy authors like Stephen Baxter, Stephen Bowkett, Eric Brown,

Pat Cadigan Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan (born September 10, 1953) is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the human ...

Maggie Furey Maggie Furey (''née'' Armstrong) was a British fantasy writer who was born in Northumberland, England, UK in 1955. A qualified teacher, she wrote fantasy since 1994, and is best known for the '' Artefacts of Power'' tetralogy. A resident in Co ...

Peter F. Hamilton Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960) is a British author. He is known for writing science fiction space opera. Biography Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960. He did not attend university. He said in an interview, "I did science at school ...

, Graham Joyce,

James Lovegrove James M. H. Lovegrove (born 1965) is a British writer of speculative fiction. Early life Lovegrove was educated at Radley College, Oxfordshire, and was one of the subjects of a 1979 BBC television series, ''Public School''. A follow-up progr ...

, and

Ken MacLeod Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels ''The Sky Road'' and ''The Night Sessions'' won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, an ...

. Each book has a tagline (except ''Untouchable'') which usually follows the lines of "Virtually ..., Really ..."

Books

*''Gulliverzone'' (1997) by Stephen Baxter, *''Dreamcastle'' (1997) by Stephen Bowkett, *''Untouchable'' (1997) by Eric Brown, *''Spiderbite'' (1997) by Graham Joyce, *''Lightstorm'' (1998) by Peter F. Hamilton, *''Sorceress'' (1998) by Maggie Furey, *''Webcrash'' (1998) by Steve Baxter, *''Cydonia'' (1998) by Ken Macleod, *''Computopia'' (1999) by James Lovegrove, *''Spindrift'' (1999) by Maggie Furey, *''Avatar'' (1999) by Pat Cadigan, *''Walkabout'' (1999) by Eric Brown, *''The Web 2027'' (1999), (omnibus: ''The Web Series 1–6'') *''The Web 2028'' (1999), (omnibus: ''The Web Series 7–12'') Book series introduced in 1997 Science fiction book series Science fiction short stories Novellas {{1990s-sf-story-collection-stub