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
Bruce Sterling quotes about
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.
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.
technology thinking years
I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away... it was already here. I just wasn't aware of it yet.
thinking needs trends
David Brin is a technological determinist. He thinks that we understand the trend and we need to hop on it. I don't have any such illusions.
buildings few lack large topics
Well, they didn't lack for topics after Hiroshima. Why should 9/11 slow them down? I know it got a lot of press, but it's just a few large buildings and aircraft, it's not like D-Day and the Seige of Berlin.
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.
revolution selling stealing
They stole our revolution and now we're stealing it back and selling it to Yahoo.
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.