Robot Artists and Black Swans: The Italian Fantascienza Stories(With: John Coulthart,Dario Tonani,Bruno Argento)

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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.