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
people guy political
Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.
success jobs people
People in the Pentagon had colleagues killed and maimed by bin Laden. They're trying to find bin Laden and kill him and his cult. Naturally they consider that a legitimate thing to do, but they're having mixed success at the job.
perspective people victory
But from another, deeper perspective: we shouldn't involve outselves in lines of development where the ultimate victory condition is emulating dead people. There's no appeal in that. It's bad for us. That kind of inherent mournfulness is just not a good way to be human.
real imagination people
Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It's about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life.
suicide class people
We might be on the brink of an apocalypse if, instead of poor people with suicide bombs killing middle class guys, middle-class people with suicide bombs started killing rich guys.
horse revenge people
You may be a geek. You may have geek written all over you. You should aim to be the geek they will never forget. Don’t aim to be civilized. Don’t hope that straight people will keep you on as some sort of pet. To hell with them, they put you here. You should realize what society has made of you and take full revenge. Get weird. Get way weird. Get dangerously weird. Get sophisticatedly thoroughly weird and don’t do it half way, put every ounce of your horse power into it. Have the artistic courage to realize your significance in culture.
people belief smooth
Don't become a well rounded person. Well rounded people are smooth and ull. Become a thoroughly spiky person.
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.