While there are 6 editions of the popular game system. It was orginally created and published by FASA in 1989 then sold to Wizkids in 2001 then Catalyst Game Labs in 2007 who currently still publish it. You can get the books at Catalyst Game Labs store or of course Amazon.com
One of the more unique elements of the game system is how it pulls from pop cultrue. It combines cyberpunk with fantasy and magic. It also has its own language know as Cityspeak. Its known as cityspeak which comes from the Movie Blade Runner. Cityspeak is a mixture of words and expressions from Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Hungarian and Japanese. There is Trog the language of the Trolls and Orks, Sperethiel is the language of the Elves. Shadowrun also offers a worked out timeline. Starting out in 2050 The world that we know today entered the sixth world.Science and science fiction had to make room for everyday people being turned into new races like Elves,Orks and Trolls plus the return of magic. Shadowrun has a rather sucessful run as a series of video games and like ADnD has a large series of novels to be read by the fanbase. Shadowrun has also been published as a card game and a table top game that has models that can be used to play out battles.