Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling (First Edition, First Print, HC, F)

1985

Published by Arbor House

Hardback

First edition | First print

Condition: Fine. Mild yellowing to inner dustcover extremities. Pencil writing to end leaf.

Mylar protection

A Cyberpunk infused early and influential work of postmodern space opera.

Bruce Sterling’s Shaper/Mechanist series (1982-1985), consists of several short stories and only one book, Schismatrix. The series revolves around a conflict between two ideologically divided factions: the Shapers who dream of a transhumanist utopia via biogenetic engineering, and the Mechanists who strive for perfection through machine implants and computer circuits. Set in a widely colonized 24th Century Solar System, Schismatrix is an early and hugely influential example of postmodern space opera... more

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