"A collection of science fiction tales set in a futuristic African continent features the writing of Vernor Vinge, Gregory Benford, Bruce Sterling, Kim Stanley Robinson, Howard Waldrop, and Mike Resnick. Original."
"Continuing the award-nominated SF anthology series from multiple award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan.The world we are living in is changing every day. We surf future shock every morning when we get out of bed. And with every passing day we are increasingly asked: how do we have to change to live in the future we are faced with? Whether it’s climate change, inundated coastlines and drowned cities; the cramped confines of a tin can hur ..."
"When mankind moves out to the stars, the colonists of the future will remake the worlds they inhabit in their image. Included here are twenty stories from the most imaginative writers in the field, including:Poul Anderson * Stephen Baxter * Gregory Benford * Arthur C. Clarke *Greg Egan * Joe Haldeman * Philip Jennings * William H. Kieth * Geoffrey A. Landis * Ian McDonald * Richard McKenna * Laura Mixon * G. David Nordley * Robert Reed ..."
"Science Fiction routinely explores the future, but it takes the hand of a master to capture the farthest reaches of time -- futures almost unimaginably distant. The Furthest Horizon collects 17 of the most inventive and audacious visions of the future by many acclaimed writers, including: Brian Aldiss -- Poul Anderson -- Avram Davidson -- Joe Haldeman -- Alexander Jablokov -- Paul J. McAuley -- Ian McDonald -- Michael Moorcock -- Freder ..."
"The world we are living in is changing every day. We surf future shock every morning when we get out of bed. And with every passing day we are increasingly asked: how do we have to change to live in the future we are faced with? Whether it's climate change, inundated coastlines and drowned cities; the cramped confines of a tin can hurtling through space to the outer reaches of our Solar System; or the rush of being uploaded into some cy ..."
"Produced to honour the centenary of Sir Arthur C. Clarke's birth, this anthology acts as a fund raiser for the Arthur C. Clarke Award.Original SF stories of precisely 2001 words from some of the biggest names in science fiction, including 10 winners of the Clarke Award and 13 authors who have been shortlisted, as well as non-fiction from thrice-winner China Miéville and former judge Neil Gaiman.Contents: Introduction Golgotha - Dave Hu ..."
"The thirty-two stories in this collection imaginatively take us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including:John Barnes, Elizabeth Bear, Damien Broderick, Karl Bunker, Paul Cornell, Albert E. Cowdrey, Ian Creasey, Steven Gould, Dominic Green, Nicola Griffith, Alexander Irvine, J ..."
"In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-Fifth Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world.This venerable collection of short stories b ..."
"In the heart of the new millennium, worlds beyond our imagination have opened up, blurring the line between life and art. Embracing the challenges and possibilities of cyberspace, genetics, the universe, and beyond, the world of science fiction has become a porthole into the realities of tomorrow. In" The Year's Best Science Fiction Twenty-third Annual Collection, "our very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world with such compelli ..."
"Widely regarded as the one essential book for every science fiction fan, The Year's Best Science Fiction (Winner of the 2002 Locus Award for Best Anthology) continues to uphold its standard of excellence with more than two dozen stories representing the previous year's best SF writing. This year's volume includes Ian R. MacLeod, Nancy Kress, Greg Egan, Maureen F. McHugh, Robert Reed, Paul McAuley, Michael Swanwick, Robert Silverberg, Ch ..."
"In fact, I can't help but wonder if there aren't readers out there who are going to be
ofiended by the cover, to say nothing ... of offending somebody with this book;
let's hope that Resnick doesn't end up in hiding, roommates with Salman
Rushdie. ... content themselves with working clever but superficial variations on
the theme, often broadly comedic or satirical ones, ... authors write science fiction
mystery stories from plotide ..."
"A collaborative novel from the premier cyberpunk authors, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine takes us not forward but back, to an imagined 1885: the Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven, cybernetic engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time."
"The Science Fiction Writers of America present their selections for the best science fiction and fantasy of 1987, a collection featuring works by Asimov, Benford, Haldeman, Robinson, Shepard and Wilhelm"
"L'Arte di Paolo Cirio nella Società dell'Informazione. Una monografia d'artista con testi a cura di Marina Guida, Bruce Sterling, Valentino Catricalà, Irene Calderoni, Francesca Sironi, Filippo Lorenzin, Andrea Tinterri, Martina Giuffrè."
The Hacker Crackdown Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier by BruceSterling 324 Pages, Published 2020 by Open Road Media ISBN-13: 978-1-5040-6309-8, ISBN: 1-5040-6309-0
"But the mainstay of the Jackson organization was their Generic Universal Role-
Playing System, “GURPS. ... by sappy fantasy elements such as elves, trolls,
wizards, and dragons—all highly ideologically incorrect, according to the
hardedged, ..."
"Before email, before the world wide web, before hackers, Before sexting, before always-on GPS, before titanium implants, before Alexa, Cortana, and Siri, before the computer in your pocket was more powerful than the one that sent astronauts to the moon, there was cyberpunk.And science fiction was never the same.Cyberpunk writers—serious, smart, and courageous in the face of change—exposed the naiveté of a society rushing headlong into t ..."
"Paolo Cirio has invented a new and more technically advanced form of street art.
This is typical of him. Paolo Cirio gives much focused time and attention to forms
of cultural expression that most people overlook. Sometimes, by contrast, Paolo ..."