Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling
Michael Bruce Sterlingis an American science fiction author known for his novels and work on the Mirrorshades anthology. This work helped to define the cyberpunk genre...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth14 April 1954
CountryUnited States of America
fun thinking grandparent
I think our grandparents were Victor Frankenstein. I basically am the kind of deeply unnatural creature that Mrs Shelley instinctively dreaded. I not only eat her sacred cows but I eat them with ketchup. While I take her point, I think that transgressive monstrosity and tampering with the life force are both a lot more fun than she suspected.
children fun real
The future is unwritten. there are best case scenarios. There are worst-case scenarios. both of them are great fun to write about if you' re a science fiction novelist, but neither of them ever happens in the real world. What happens in the real world is always a sideways-case scenario. World-changing marvels to us, are only wallpaper to our children.
brilliant computer computers damage realize screen staring until
In a way, staring into a computer screen is like staring into an eclipse. It's brilliant and you don't realize the damage until its too late.
blur concerned fell fields instantly longer machines naturally realized texts type until
It wasn't until I assembled these texts that I realized that they fell naturally into thematic sections. They're concerned with different fields of study, but you no longer have to be a polymath to blur those. You can type in a keyword and gigantic, world-spanning machines will instantly blur them for you.
revolution selling stealing
They stole our revolution and now we're stealing it back and selling it to Yahoo.
acts war
They used to be seen as insane or unthinkable acts of madmen. But if they take place they'll be called 'war' too. And there will still be no conventional war.
eye thinking going-away
Anything that can be done to a rat can be done to a human being. And we can do most anything to rats. This is a hard thing to think about, but it's the truth. It won't go away because we cover our eyes. THAT is cyberpunk.
mean thinking media
I don't think there's much distinction between surveillance and media in general. Better media means better surveillance. Cams are everywhere.
writing research fiction-and-nonfiction
I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.
military entertainment entertainers
I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex.
people guy political
Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.
trends small-parts security
A security cam is one small part of a much larger universe of cams. The much larger effect, socially, politically and economically, is going to come from a much larger trend.
writing data names
I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have my other name, which is my legal name under which I own property and vote.
military hands next
If bin Laden is in fact publicly killed, then the US military will find itself standing around with its hands in its pockets, wondering what's supposed to come next.