Abstract
This chapter introduces US author, journalist, blogger, and futurist Bruce Sterling. Since his science fiction (sf) debut with the story “Man-Made Self” (1976), Bruce Sterling has so far published eleven novels (plus one in collaboration with William Gibson), over 70 pieces of short fiction (not including dozens of collaborations), and a handful of chapbooks in various media, accruing a number of awards and accolades in the process. He edited the influential Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986) and served for two years (2014-15) as editor of Twelve Tomorrows, MIT Technology Review’s Science Fiction Annual. Sterling’s career beyond sf is marked by a fascination with media and with design, which is perhaps not surprising; after all, the “cyber” in cyberpunk means control, and control necessitates technologies of communication. Sterling’s interest, however, is not (only) directed at the abstract or conceptual-he has consistently shown himself to be more interested in the actuality of the technoscientific frontier than the literary-metaphorical.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Fifty Key Figures in Cyberpunk Culture |
Editors | Anna McFarlane, Graham J Murphy, Lars Schmeink |
Publisher | Routledge |
Chapter | 42 |
Pages | 215-220 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780367549138 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary