Bruce Sterling bibliography

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The bibliography of American science fiction author Bruce Sterling comprises novels, short stories and non-fiction.

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Works

Novels

A science fiction version of Moby Dick , set in a deep crater filled with dust instead of water, featuring an impossible romance between the protagonist and an alien woman. The book was published as part of a series of books by new authors discovered by Harlan Ellison and was marketed as such.
A novel about a young street fighter who continuously films himself using remote controlled cameras.
Nebula Award nominee, 1985; [1] British Science Fiction Association Award nominee, 1986 [2]
The 23rd century solar system is divided among two human factions: the "Shapers" who are employing genetics and psychology, and the "Mechanists" who use computers and body prosthetics. The novel is narrated from the viewpoint of Abelard Lindsay, a brilliant diplomat who makes history many times throughout the story.
Campbell Award winner, 1989; [3] Hugo Award nominee, 1989; [3] Locus SF Award nominee, 1989 [3]
A view of an apparently peaceful early twenty-first century with delocalised, networking corporations. The protagonist, swept up in events beyond her control, finds herself in the places off the net, from a datahaven in Grenada, to a Singapore under terrorist attack, and the poorest and most disaster-struck part of Africa.
BSFA Award nominee, 1990; [4] Nebula Award nominee, 1991; [5] Campbell Award nominee, 1992 [6]
A steampunk alternate history novel set in a Victorian Great Britain in the throes of a steam-driven computer revolution.
Follows high-tech storm chasers in the American midwest where greenhouse warming has made tornadoes far more energetic than the present day.
BSFA Award nominee, 1996; [7] Hugo Award nominee, 1997; [8] Locus SF Award nominee, 1997 [8]
Set in a world of steadily increasing longevity (gerontocracy), a newly rejuvenated American woman drifts through the marginalised subculture of young European artists while dealing with the implications of posthumanism.
Campbell Award nominee, 1999; [9] Hugo Award nominee, 1999; [9] Locus SF Award nominee, 1999; [9] Clarke Award winner, 2000 [10]
A master political strategist and a genius genetic researcher find love as they fight an insane Louisiana governor for control of a high-tech scientific facility in a post-collapse United States. US editions: ISBN   0-553-10484-5 (hardcover), ISBN   0-553-57639-9 (paperback).
Locus SF Award nominee, 2001 [11]
A girl group à la the Spice Girls tours the Middle East under the direction of trickster Leggy Starlitz. Explores a world in which postmodernism and deconstructionism were literally true in their postulation of reality.
A techno-thriller about a cyber-security expert who goes to work for the U.S. government fighting terrorism after 9/11.
Sibling clones, four female and one male, of the widow of a Balkan war criminal living on a space station, may be able to rescue the Earth from environmental collapse in 2060. [12]

Short stories

Short story collections

Anthologies

Non-fiction

Interviews

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References

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  4. "1990 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  5. "1991 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  6. "1992 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  7. "1996 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  8. 1 2 "1997 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  9. 1 2 3 "1999 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  10. "2000 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
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  12. Del Rey Online | The Caryatids by Bruce Sterling