Bicycle Repairman

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"Bicycle Repairman"
Author Bruce Sterling
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s) Science fiction short story
Published inIntersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology
Publication type Anthology
Publisher Tor Books
Media type Hardback
Publication date1996

"Bicycle Repairman" is a postcyberpunk short story by American science fiction writer Bruce Sterling. It deals with the eponymous character, who lives in a functioning anarchist community in the near future and has an encounter with the misguided authorities. As is common in Sterling's stories, it deals with issues of markets, governance and the tensions between the two.

"Bicycle Repairman" was first published in Intersections in 1996. It won a Hugo Award for Best Novelette in 1997. It was reprinted in a 1999 collection of Sterling's work, A Good Old-Fashioned Future, [1] and again in 2007 in Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology .

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References

  1. Nick Gevers. "Bruce Sterling: A Good Old-Fashioned Future - an infinity plus review". Infinity Plus. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2010.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)