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| + | Bruce Sterling, "(born April 14, 1954, Brownsville, Texas, U.S.) American author of science fiction who in the mid-1980s emerged as a proponent of the subgenre known as cyberpunk, notably as the editor of Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986)". | ||
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| + | "In 1976 Sterling graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and published his first story, “Man-Made Self,” in the anthology Lone Star Universe. His first novel, Involution Ocean (1977), describes a dystopian planet where inhabitants escape their confusing lives through drug abuse. The characters in The Artificial Kid (1980) struggle to gain stability in a world of fast-paced change". | ||
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| + | "Sterling's novel Schismatrix (1985) and the short-story collection Crystal Express (1989) examine the contrasting philosophies of the Shapers, who alter themselves genetically, and the Mechanists, who alter themselves with prosthetic devices. In Islands in the Net (1988), heroine Laura Webster is drawn into the geopolitics of a vast information network. In The Difference Engine (1990; written with William Gibson), Sterling imagines the ascent of the computer age during the 19th century. In 1992 he published Globalhead, a volume of short fiction, and The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier, an exposé of computer crime. Sterling's later works include Heavy Weather (1994) and Holy Fire (1996)".<ref>"Bruce Sterling." 2011. Biography.com. 27 Mar 2011, 10:46 http://www.biography.com/articles/Bruce-Sterling-40113.</ref> | ||
===Quotes=== | ===Quotes=== | ||
"It's a lot easier to get things done if you don't insist on taking credit for it". | "It's a lot easier to get things done if you don't insist on taking credit for it". | ||
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| + | "Many of us have become Attention Philanthropists, bringing attention to things for others". - Keynote at SXSWi '11 in Austin, TX. | ||
"You're starting to see public gaming intellectual professors". (with reference to Jane McGonigal). | "You're starting to see public gaming intellectual professors". (with reference to Jane McGonigal). | ||
| + | ===Lecture Notes=== | ||
| + | [[Bruce Sterling's Keynote at the Interaction '11 Conference in Boulder, Colorado]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:50, 28 March 2011
Biography
Bruce Sterling, "(born April 14, 1954, Brownsville, Texas, U.S.) American author of science fiction who in the mid-1980s emerged as a proponent of the subgenre known as cyberpunk, notably as the editor of Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986)".
"In 1976 Sterling graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and published his first story, “Man-Made Self,” in the anthology Lone Star Universe. His first novel, Involution Ocean (1977), describes a dystopian planet where inhabitants escape their confusing lives through drug abuse. The characters in The Artificial Kid (1980) struggle to gain stability in a world of fast-paced change".
"Sterling's novel Schismatrix (1985) and the short-story collection Crystal Express (1989) examine the contrasting philosophies of the Shapers, who alter themselves genetically, and the Mechanists, who alter themselves with prosthetic devices. In Islands in the Net (1988), heroine Laura Webster is drawn into the geopolitics of a vast information network. In The Difference Engine (1990; written with William Gibson), Sterling imagines the ascent of the computer age during the 19th century. In 1992 he published Globalhead, a volume of short fiction, and The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier, an exposé of computer crime. Sterling's later works include Heavy Weather (1994) and Holy Fire (1996)".[1]
Quotes
"It's a lot easier to get things done if you don't insist on taking credit for it".
"Many of us have become Attention Philanthropists, bringing attention to things for others". - Keynote at SXSWi '11 in Austin, TX.
"You're starting to see public gaming intellectual professors". (with reference to Jane McGonigal).
Lecture Notes
Bruce Sterling's Keynote at the Interaction '11 Conference in Boulder, Colorado
References
- ↑ "Bruce Sterling." 2011. Biography.com. 27 Mar 2011, 10:46 http://www.biography.com/articles/Bruce-Sterling-40113.
