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This was a devastatingly disappointing read; I truly do not understand why it was nominated for a couple of awards or included in the SF Masterworks series except possibly because it surely must be good coming from the combined pens of two such acclaimed science fiction authors. However I can...

The Caryatids Bruce Sterling Del Rey, Feb 2009, $25.00 ISBN: 9780345460622 In 2060 the world has changed from nations competing for resources into three major groups fighting one another for supremacy of an earth beyond the brink of pandemic collapse. Each wants control of the dwindling...

The Difference Engine William Gibson and Bruce Sterling Spectra, Jul 26 2011, $16.00 ISBN: 9780440423621 In 1855 as the Industrial Revolution continues to pollute the big cities of England, Charles Babbage creates the steam driven analytical engine. The Luddites learn of this incredible...

The Difference Engine - A Review There is a lot of argument about what was the first steampunk novel, but it is pretty much unanimously agreed that The Difference Engine, by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling (1990) is one of the classics of the genre. The underlying premise is that, around...

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I have just finished re-reading Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling. This is set in a future Solar System in which human civilisation in various forms is scattered among artificial habitats, and follows the life of one man as he makes his way through these different worlds. I thought it was a terrific...