Bruce Sterling

The Godfather of Cyberpunk has emerged in this new collection of Italian-themed fantasy and science fiction stories. Bruce Sterling now introduces us to his alter-ego: Bruno Argento, the preeminent author of fantascienza. Sterling, writing as Argento, skillfully combines cutting-edge technology with art, mythology, and history. In the Esoteric City, a Turinese businessman's act of necromancy is catching up with him....

This is a very smart, very funny book - Locus Enthralling and subversive - SF Commentary An excellent piece of future-gazing - Amazon Reviewer A Dutch Cold War is in full swing. The US is a shadow of its former self - its infrastructure is failing, and nomadic tribes roam freely among the states, living by no rules but their...

Late Harvest juxtaposes contemporary art made with taxidermy with historically significant wildlife paintings, resulting in intriguing parallels and startling aesthetic contrasts. The publication seeks to simultaneously confirm—through historically significant wildlife paintings—and subvert—through contemporary art and photography—viewers' preconceptions of the place of animals in culture. The richly illustrated catalogue features artists such as Richard Ansdell, David Brooks, George Browne, Berlinde De...

The computer age has arrived a century ahead of time with Charles Babbage's perfection of his Analytical Engine. The Industrial Revolution, supercharged by the development of steam-driven cybernetic Engines, is in full and drastic swing. Great Britain, with her calculating-cannons, steam dreadnoughts, machine-guns and information technology, prepares to better the world's lot... The Difference Engine by Bruce Sterling and William...