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Edition 17 (1989) Winner
Michael Bruce Sterling
ブルース・スターリング
Burūsu Sutāringu
Pen Names:
Vincent Omniaveritas（Used in fanzine Cheap Truth）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1954-04-14 （Brownsville, Texas）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Galveston, Texas (early childhood) → India (several years) → Austin, Texas → Belgrade, Serbia → Turin, Italy
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, speaker, futurist, design instructor
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Affiliations
- European Graduate School (professor), ArtCenter College of Design (visionary in residence)
- Memberships
- Turkey City Writer's Workshop, Sycamore Hill Writer's Workshop
- Influenced By
- William Gibson, Rudy Rucker
- Influenced
- Alastair Reynolds
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas at Austin | — | Journalism | BA | — | United States |
University of Texas at Austin
Journalism
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1976
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | John W. Campbell Memorial Award | Islands in the Net | — | — | winner |
| 1997 | Hugo Award | Bicycle Repairman | novelette | — | winner |
| 1999 | Hugo Award | Taklamakan | novelette | — | winner |
| 1999 | Hayakawa's S-F Magazine Reader's Award | Taklamakan | Best Foreign Short Story | Hayakawa Publishing | winner |
| 2000 | Arthur C. Clarke Award | Distraction | — | — | winner |
John W. Campbell Memorial Award
1989
Work:
Islands in the Net
Result:
winner
Hugo Award
1997
Work:
Bicycle Repairman
Category:
novelette
Result:
winner
Hugo Award
1999
Work:
Taklamakan
Category:
novelette
Result:
winner
Hayakawa's S-F Magazine Reader's Award
1999
Work:
Taklamakan
Category:
Best Foreign Short Story
Organization:
Hayakawa Publishing
Result:
winner
Arthur C. Clarke Award
2000
Work:
Distraction
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Arthur C. Clarke Award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2000) Winner
Works
Major Works
Schismatrix
1985 CyberpunkNovel set in the Shaper/Mechanist universe.
Genetic engineeringMechanical technology
Islands in the Net
1988 CyberpunkCyberpunk novel.
Involution Ocean
1977 Science fictionStory of sailing on a dust ocean hunting dustwhales.
Bibliography
- Bruce Sterling bibliography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Cyberpunk founderIdeological promulgator
- Recurring Motifs
- Future technologyNeologisms
Legacy
One of the founders of the cyberpunk movement, influential in futurism and design.
In Popular Culture
- Appeared in documentaries like Freedom Downtime
Trivia
- Coined 'design fiction'
- Coined 'spime'