false 161296 5 Bruce Sterling has called his Shaper/Mechanist novel <i>Schismatrix</i> "my favorite among my books." It is a detailed history of a spacefaring humanity divided into two camps: The Shapers, who prefer genetic enhancements, and the Mechanists, who rely on prosthetics. Sterling also published five Shaper/Mechanist stories between 1982-84, which have been collected with the novel in this compendium volume. This book represents the definitive collection of what is arguably Sterling's most intense work, offering a hard, gritty look at humanity as it pushes and claws its way to the stars. 155668 1 12 1996 Schismatrix Plus total:328|5:113|4:115|3:78|2:16|1:6| 328 1297 465 28 1 1 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 30 15:41:02 -0700 2008 Sun May 31 20:51:35 -0700 2009 Globalhead, which were often funny and full of big ideas. Schismatrix' prose is wooden, and he takes an awfully long time doing awfully little to explore an admittedly false dichotomy be...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 03 18:28:52 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 12:04:27 -0700 2008
Sterling's book collects a number of stories all ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 07:37:43 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 09:00:15 -0700 2008 Sterling nous revenait avec une oeuvre aux dimensions épiques, embrasssant dans sa fresque futuriste de très nombreuses visions de l'humanité et une rencontre ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 22:45:50 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 21 12:18:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 29 10:43:46 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 10:45:22 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 08 21:09:42 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 03:03:07 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 02 11:32:06 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 19:45:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 18:47:34 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 14:03:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Mar 14 18:42:57 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 15 08:34:23 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 11:50:05 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 19:15:19 -0700 2009
The "cramped prose" style wasn't my favorite. As others hav...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1985 Sat Sep 15 10:08:26 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 10:08:26 -0700 2007 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthuman_(Human_evolution) in general. A first read of it might be difficult in that it presents a future world that may appear dystopian. I don't believe this to be the case,...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 07:25:18 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 07:25:29 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Jun 20 06:37:08 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 20 06:37:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Oct 05 10:51:11 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 05 10:59:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 08 12:56:46 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 06:43:43 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Mar 23 03:21:47 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 03:22:43 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Sat Sep 06 13:32:02 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 06 13:33:14 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Aug 06 10:23:16 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 10:25:09 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Fri Jun 29 17:16:43 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 21 05:07:05 -0700 2008 Schismatrix) plus all the short stories in the Shaper/Mechanist milieu.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Sat Aug 18 07:09:22 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 09:56:49 -0700 2007 Bruce Sterling has written, but this one remains one of my favorites.]]>