Bruce Sterling
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- April 14, 1954
- Works
- 84
Top works
- Glass Bees
- Islands in the Net
- Meeting Infinity
- Wastelands 2
- Futurs à gogos
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting
Known for
- Traceroute — Self2016
- AfterVille - The Movie2008
- Freedom Downtime — Self2001
- Prisoners of Gravity — Self1989
- Blackflag — Sergeant Alan Sheen aka Orange
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 373
- Total plays
- 6,067
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Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his seminal work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which defined the cyberpunk genre. In 2003 he was appointed Professor at the European Graduate School where he is teaching Summer Intensive Courses on media and design. In 2005, he became "visionary in residence" at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Sterling is, along with William Gibson <a href="https://www.last.fm
Key facts
- Born
- Michael Bruce Sterling , ( 1954-04-14 ) April 14, 1954 (age 72) , Brownsville, Texas , U.S.
- Pen name
- Vincent Omniaveritas (in fanzine Cheap Truth )
- Occupation
- Writer speaker futurist design instructor
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin ( BA )
- Period
- 1970s–present
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Subject
- Cyberpunk
- Literary movement
- Cyberpunk/ postcyberpunk
- Spouse
- Jasmina Tešanović ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2005 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 14 April 1954
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brownsville
- Spouse
- Jasmina Tešanović
- Occupation
- designer
- Educated at
- University of Texas at Austin
- Employer
- European Graduate School
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his novels and short fiction and editorship of the Mirrorshades anthology. In particular, he is linked to the cyberpunk subgenre.
Sterling's first science-fiction story, "Man-Made Self", was sold in 1976. He is the author of science-fiction novels, including Schismatrix (1985), Islands in the Net (1988), and Heavy Weather (1994). In 1992, he published his first non-fiction book, The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier.
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