The Neon Labyrinth: Chongqing and the Collapse of the Cyberpunk Dream, (Paperback)

<i>The Neon Labyrinth: Chongqing and the Collapse of the Cyberpunk Dream</i><p>What if the world's most futuristic city was already dying beneath the lights?</p><p>Set inside the vertical megacity of Chongqing, <i>The Neon Labyrinth</i> is a chilling literary techno-thriller about spectacle, surveillance, social media illusion, and the hidden exhaustion beneath hypermodern civilization.</p><p>For years, Chongqing captivated the world online: </p><ul><li>neon skylines vanishing into fog, </li><li>trains slicing through apartment towers, </li><li>endless highways suspended above mountains, </li><li>the ultimate "cyberpunk city."</li></ul><p>Tourists called it the future.</p><p>Influencers turned it into mythology.</p><p>Algorithms made it immortal.</p><p>But beneath the glowing towers: </p><ul><li>infrastructure was failing, </li><li>flood systems were collapsing, </li><li>workers were burning out, </li><li>algorithms were replacing governance, </li><li>and the city had become too complex to repair.</li></ul><p>Then the blackouts began.</p><p>As climate stress, technological overdependence, and urban exhaustion collide, the illusion holding the city together starts to fracture in real time before a global online audience. The same social media systems that once transformed Chongqing into an aesthetic fantasy now livestream its slow descent into darkness.</p><p>Part dystopian realism, part urban elegy, and part psychological chronicle of civilizational fatigue, <i>The Neon Labyrinth</i> explores what happens when societies optimize themselves for appearance instead of survival.</p><p>This is not a story about the future.</p><p>It is a story about a future already visible in the glow of our screens.</p>Perfect for readers of: <ul><li>techno-dystopian fiction, </li><li>speculative urbanism, </li><li>cyberpunk noir, </li><li>geopolitical thrillers, </li><li>literary climate fiction, </li><li>and dark sociological narratives in the tradition of <i>Blade Runner</i>, <i>Black Mirror</i>, and <i>Ghost in the Shell</i>.</li></ul>

• The Neon Labyrinth: Chongqing and the Collapse of the Cyberpunk Dream, (Paperback)
• Author: Geelon Dusk
• ISBN: 9798196334672
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-10
• Page Count: 220