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Sterling, Bruce

From the subversive to the antic, the uproarious to the disturbing, the stories of Bruce Sterling are restless, energy-filled journeys through a world running on empty--the visionary work of one of our most imaginative and insightful modern writers. They live as strangers in strange lands. In worlds that have fallen--or should have. They wage battles in wars already lost and become heroes--and sometimes martyrs--in their last-ditch efforts to preserve the dignity and individuality of humanity. A hack Indian filmmaker takes the pulse of a wounded and declining civilization--21st-century Britain. A pair of swashbuckling Silicon Valley entrepreneurs join forces to make a commercial killing--in organic underground slime and computer-generated jellyfish. A man in a Japanese city takes orders from a talking cat while pursuing a drama of danger and adventure that has become the very essence of his life. From "The Littlest Jackal", a darkly hilarious thriller of mercs and gunrunners set in Finland, to a stark vision of a post-atomic netherworld in his haunting tale "Taklamakan", Bruce Sterling once again breaks boundaries, breaks icons, and breaks rules to unleash the most dangerously provocative and intelligent science fiction being written today.

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, but these stories range far beyond the limits of future technology. Visionary in Residence takes the reader to places never imagined and certainly where no one has ever been.

Presents a collection of science fiction stories, including the selections from the "Shaper/Mechanist stories," the "Leggy Starlitz stories," and the "Chattanooga stories."

Presents a collection of stories of a harsh and twisted postmodern world.

Bruce Sterling, through his Italian pseudonym, Bruno Argento, brings his Italian science fiction and fantasy stories ( fantasticienza ) to English-speaking fans of his groundbreaking cyberpunk and technology-based nonfiction. Sterling’s lifetime sales are over 500,000 copies, and his ongoing international presence in major media and news outlets includes nonfiction columns, and appearances in the New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , Newsweek , Fortune , Wired , Nature , ABC's Nightline , the BBC's Late Show , MTV , and other venues The collection features an original introduction from bestselling science fiction author Neal Stephenson, and original cover art and illustrations by World Fantasy Award-winning British artist and designer John Coulthart International marketing plan to include launch event, appearances, radio, features, and interviews TBD Bruce Sterling, through his Italian pseudonym, Bruno Argento, brings his Italian science fiction and fantasy stories ( fantasticienza ) to English-speaking fans of his groundbreaking cyberpunk and technology-based nonfiction. Sterling’s lifetime sales are over 500,000 copies, and his ongoing international presence in major media and news outlets includes nonfiction columns, and appearances in the New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , Newsweek , Fortune , Wired , Nature , ABC's Nightline , the BBC's Late Show , MTV , and other venues The collection features an original introduction from bestselling science fiction author Neal Stephenson, and original cover art and illustrations by World Fantasy Award-winning British artist and designer John Coulthart International marketing plan to include launch event, appearances, radio, features, and interviews TBD The Godfather of Cyberpunk has emerged in this new collection of Italian-themed fantasy and science-fiction stories. Bruce Sterling now introduces us to his alter ego: Bruno Argento, the preeminent author of fantascienza . Sterling, writing as Argento, skillfully combines cutting-edge technology with art, mythology, and history. “It’s as if Sterling is the only writer paying attention.”— Locus In the Esoteric City, a Turinese businessman’s act of necromancy is catching up with him. The Black Swan, a rogue hacker, programs his way into alternate versions of Italy. A Parthenopean assassin awaits his destiny in the arms of a two-headed noblewoman. Infuriating to both artists and scientists, a robot wheelchair makes uncategorizable creations. Bruno Argento is the acknowledged master of Italian science fiction. Yet that same popular fantascienza author also is known in America—as Bruce Sterling. In Robot Artists and Black Swans , we present the first collection of their uniquely visionary Italian-themed fiction, including tales never before published in English.