Schismatrix Plus(Reprint) (Complete Shapers-Mechanists Universe) by BruceSterling Paperback, 319 Pages, Published 1996 by Ace Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-441-00370-9, ISBN: 0-441-00370-2
"Bruce Sterling has called his Shaper/Mechanist novel Schismatrix "my favorite among my books." It is a detailed history of a spacefaring humanity divided into two camps: The Shapers, who prefer genetic enhancements, and the Mechanists, who rely on prosthetics. Sterling also published five Shaper/Mechanist stories between 1982-84, which have been collected with the novel in this compendium volume. This book represents the definitiv ..."
"Nine wild, weird and wondrous stories, written together by Rucker and Sterling. What do you get if two cyberpunk masters spend thirty years writing tales about transreally warped versions of themselves? A unique perspective on giant ants, flying jellyfish, Soviet rocketeers, runaway genomics, Silicon Valley, and the death of the Universe. With notes by the authors and an introduction by Rob Latham. This is the same January ..."
The Zenith Angle(Reprint) A Novel by BruceSterling Paperback, 352 Pages, Published 2005 by Del Rey ISBN-13: 978-0-345-46865-9, ISBN: 0-345-46865-1
"Like his peers William Gibson and Neal Stephenson, bestselling author Bruce Sterling writes cutting-edge speculative fiction firmly rooted in today’s reality. Now in The Zenith Angle, he has created a timely thriller about an information-age security expert caught up in America’s escalating war on terror.Infowar. Cybercombat. Digital security and techno-terror. It’s how nations and networks secretly battle, now and into the future. And ..."
Visionary in Residence Stories by BruceSterling Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2006 by Running Press Adult ISBN-13: 978-1-56025-841-4, ISBN: 1-56025-841-1
""I'm a science fiction writer. This is a golden opportunity to get up to most any mischief imaginable. With this fourth collection of my stories, I'm going to prove this to you." With these words, Bruce Sterling—author of New York times Notable Books of the Year and one of the great names in contemporary fiction—introduces his latest collection of thirteen tales. If you're familiar with his cyberpunk creations you won't be disappointed, ..."
"In The Glass Bees the celebrated German writer Ernst Juenger presents a disconcerting vision of the future. Zapparoni, a brilliant businessman, has turned his advanced understanding of technology, and strategic command of the information and entertainment industries, into a discrete, and seemingly benign, form of global domination. But Zapparoni is worried that the scientists he depends on might take his secrets to a rival. He needs a c ..."
Tomorrow Now(Reprint) Envisioning the Next 50 Years by BruceSterling Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2003 by Random House Trade Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-8129-6976-4, ISBN: 0-8129-6976-6
"“Nobody knows better than Bruce Sterling how thin the membrane between science fiction and real life has become, a state he correctly depicts as both thrilling and terrifying in this frisky, literate, clear-eyed sketch of the next half-century. Like all of the most interesting futurists, Sterling isn’t just talking about machines and biochemistry: what he really cares about are the interstices of technology with culture and human histor ..."
"Slightly dated science fiction about the near future can be fun, especially when it evokes a strange, chaotic, and dangerous world that's uncomfortably close to our present one. Bruce Sterling's 1988 book, Islands in the Net, is a thrilling blend of high tech and low humanity. The glue that binds together this world of data pirates, mercenaries, nanotechnology, weaponry, and post-millennial voodoo is the global electronic net. You'll ..."
The Zenith Angle(1st Edition) by BruceSterling Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2004 by Del Rey ISBN-13: 978-0-345-46061-5, ISBN: 0-345-46061-8
"Like his peers William Gibson and Neal Stephenson, bestselling author Bruce Sterling writes cutting-edge speculative fiction firmly rooted in today’s reality. Now in The Zenith Angle, he has created a timely thriller about an information-age security expert caught up in America’s escalating war on terror.Infowar. Cybercombat. Digital security and techno-terror. It’s how nations and networks secretly battle, now and into the future. And ..."
Distraction(Updated) by BruceSterling Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2000 by Orion ISBN-13: 978-1-85798-928-1, ISBN: 1-85798-928-7
"Politics is the art of the possible, the "doable", as Sterling's skewed hero, Oscar Valparaiso, keeps calling his wild improvised plans as if saying the word made them so. Oscar's usually successful schemes are as cobbled together as his own genetics--Oscar is not quite human. Investigating a genetic research facility for a Senate committee, he finds a potential power base, and an enemy worth his attention--the Governor of Louisiana has ..."
Holy Fire (Bantam Spectra Book) by BruceSterling Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1997 by Spectra ISBN-13: 978-0-553-57549-1, ISBN: 0-553-57549-X
"The 21st century is coming to a close, and the medical industrial complex dominates the world economy. It is a world of synthetic memory drugs, benevolent government surveillance, underground anarchists, and talking canine companions. Power is in the hands of conservative senior citizens who have watched their health and capital investments with equal care, gaining access to the latest advancements in life-extension technology. Meanwhil ..."
The Artificial Kid(Updated) (Roc S.) by BruceSterling Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 1993 by Roc ISBN-13: 978-0-14-017863-0, ISBN: 0-14-017863-5
The Hacker Crackdown(1st Edition) by BruceSterling Hardcover, 328 Pages, Published 1992 by Bantam ISBN-13: 978-0-553-08058-2, ISBN: 0-553-08058-X
"Bruce Sterling's classic work highlights the 1990 assault on hackers, when law-enforcement officials successfully arrested scores of suspected illicit hackers and other computer-based law-breakers. These raids became symbolic of the debate between fighting serious computer crime and protecting civil liberties. However, The Hacker Crackdown is about far more than a series of police sting operations. It's a lively tour of three cyberspace ..."
"1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full swing, powered by steam-driven cybernetic Engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time. Three extraordinary characters race toward a rendezvous with the future: Sybil Gerard―fallen woman, politician’s tart, daughter of a Luddite agitator; Edward “Leviathan” Mallory―explorer and paleontologist; Laurence Oliphant―diplomat, mysti ..."
Saucer Wisdom(Reprint) by Rudy Rucker, BruceSterling Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2019 by Night Shade ISBN-13: 978-1-59780-965-8, ISBN: 1-59780-965-9
"Author Rudy Rucker offers a one-of-a-kind “history” of the future in this staggeringly inventive metafictional novel involving UFOs and time travel. Frank Shook, who lives in the hills of California outside Silicon Valley, is a UFO abductee, communicating with extraterrestrial beings who take him on wild flying saucer rides, zig-zagging through time to give Frank vivid looks into the future of humanity. Frank’s bizarre claims are intri ..."
"Paolo Cirio has invented a new and more technically advanced form of street art.
This is typical of him. Paolo Cirio gives much focused time and attention to forms
of cultural expression that most people overlook. Sometimes, by contrast, Paolo ..."
"Nine wild, weird and wondrous stories, written together by Rucker and Sterling. What do you get if two cyberpunk masters spend thirty years writing tales about transreally warped versions of themselves? A unique perspective on giant ants, flying jellyfish, Soviet rocketeers, runaway genomics, Silicon Valley, and the death of the Universe. With notes by the authors and an introduction by Rob Latham."
"A collaborative novel from the premier cyberpunk authors, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine takes us not forward but back, to an imagined 1885: the Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven, cybernetic engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time."
"An eclipse is a rare and unusual event, when the world is transformed and the sky becomes a dark eldritch thing. It's a time when anything could happen, when any kind of story just might be true. That sense of the strange and wonderful guides Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, the first volume in an exciting new annual anthology series edited by acclaimed anthologist Jonathan Strahan. Set to become a major event on the science fi ..."
Tomorrow Now(1st Edition) Envisioning the Next Fifty Years by BruceSterling Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2002 by Random House ISBN-13: 978-0-679-46322-1, ISBN: 0-679-46322-4
"“Nobody knows better than Bruce Sterling how thin the membrane between science fiction and real life has become, a state he correctly depicts as both thrilling and terrifying in this frisky, literate, clear-eyed sketch of the next half-century. Like all of the most interesting futurists, Sterling isn’t just talking about machines and biochemistry: what he really cares about are the interstices of technology with culture and human histor ..."
Holy Fire(1st Edition) by BruceSterling Hardcover, 296 Pages, Published 1996 by Orion Import ISBN-13: 978-1-85798-462-0, ISBN: 1-85798-462-5
"In an era when life expectancies stretch 100 years or more and adhering to healthy habits is the only way to earn better medical treatments, ancient "post humans" dominate society with their ubiquitous wealth and power. By embracing the safe and secure, 94-year-old Mia Ziemann has lived a long and quiet life. Too quiet, as she comes to realize, for Mia has lost the creative drive and ability to love--the holy fire--of the young. But w ..."