Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author who is best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology. This work helped to define the cyberpunk genre. Read full biography of Bruce Sterling →
I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.
I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex.
Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.
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... →
Humans are very aggressive and scrappy, and go to war at the drop of a hat. However, a standard land war is no longer going to work as it is no... →
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... →
I haven't had that good a time in ages. Since September 11, really. I just felt so happy, it was like the sun came out of the clouds for me. I... →
I wouldn't describe that 'position' as 'parasitic.' I'd describe that experience as 'edifying.' I don't merely... →
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... →
My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to go tour environmental disaster areas. After all, if the entire Great Barrier Reef gets... →
People in the Pentagon had colleagues killed and maimed by bin Laden. They're trying to find bin Laden and kill him and his cult. Naturally they... →
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... →
We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the... →
Michael Bruce Sterling (born April 14, 1954) is an American science fiction author who is best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology. This work helped to define the cyberpunk genre.