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Robot Artists and Black Swans: The Italian Fantascienza Stories (Collection) was the most recently released book by Bruce Sterling, on March 30th, 2021.

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Bruce Sterling Stats: The most read book by Bruce Sterling on Book Notification is The Difference Engine, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Schismatrix Plus (Mechanist Shapers #3).

Below is a complete list of Bruce Sterling books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Mechanist Shapers Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Schismatrix
1985
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2
Crystal Express
1989
Go
3
10
Schismatrix Plus
1995
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List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are The Difference Engine, Holy Fire, and Distraction.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Artificial Kid
1980
Go
2
10
Islands in the Net
1988
Go
3
3.3
The Difference Engine (With: William Gibson)
1990
Go
4
Heavy Weather
1994
Go
5
9.7
Holy Fire
1996
Go
6
8
Distraction
1998
Go
7
5
Zeitgeist
2000
Go
8
8
The Zenith Angle
2004
Go
9
The Caryatids
2009
Go
10
Love is Strange
2012
Go
11
Pirate Utopia
2015
Go

List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are Taklamakan (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future), Bicycle Repairman (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future), and Deep Eddy (in Asimov's).

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Dinner in Audoghast (in Asimov's)
1985
Go
2
6.7
Flowers of Edo (in Asimov's)
1987
Go
3
Our Neural Chernobyl (in F&SF)
1988
Go
4
Dori Bangs (in Asimov's)
1989
Go
5
9.3
Deep Eddy (in Asimov's)
1993
Go
6
7.3
Bicycle Repairman (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future)
1996
Go
7
Maneki Neko (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future)
1998
Go
8
9
Taklamakan (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future)
1998
Go
9
4
The Parthenopean Scalpel
2010
Go
10
Black Swan
2010
Go
11
Good Night, Moon (With: Rudy Rucker)
2011
Go
12
Loco (With: Rudy Rucker)
2012
Go
13
Totem Poles (With: Rudy Rucker)
2016
Go

List of Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top collections are Visionary in Residence, Robot Artists and Black Swans: The Italian Fantascienza Stories, and Globalhead.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Globalhead
1992
Go
2
A Good Old-Fashioned Future
1999
Go
3
7
Visionary in Residence
2005
Go
4
Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling
2007
Go
5
Gothic High-Tech
2011
Go
6
Robot Artists and Black Swans: The Italian Fantascienza Stories (With: John Coulthart, Dario Tonani, Bruno Argento)
2021
Go

List of The Harlan Ellison Discovery Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Autumn Angels (By: Arthur Byron Cover)
1975
Go
2
The Light at the End of the Universe (By: Terry Carr)
1976
Go
3
Involution Ocean
1977
Go
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List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier
1992
Go
2
Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years
2002
Go
3
The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things
2014
Go

List of Year's Best SF Anthology Books in Publication Order

Annual collection of the best sci-fi features tales of wonder and adventure set on distant planets and in the future.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
6
Year's Best SF
1996
Go
2
6
Year's Best SF 2
1997
Go
3
8
Year's Best SF 3
1998
Go
4
6
Year's Best SF 4
1999
Go
5
5
Year's Best SF 5
2000
Go
6
Year's Best SF 6
2001
Go
7
Year's Best SF 7
2002
Go
8
Year's Best SF 8
2003
Go
9
4
Year's Best SF 9
2004
Go
10
4
Year's Best SF 10
2005
Go
11
Year's Best SF 11
2006
Go
12
Year's Best SF 12
2007
Go
13
4
Year's Best SF 13
2008
Go
14
Year's Best SF 14
2009
Go
15
Year's Best SF 15
2010
Go
16
Year's Best SF 16
2011
Go
17
Year's Best SF 17
2012
Go
18
Year's Best SF 18
2013
Go
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List of Universe Books in Publication Order

Provides groundbreaking original science fiction anthologies.

Anthology series.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Universe 1 (By: Terry Carr)
1971
Go
2
Universe 2 (By: Terry Carr)
1972
Go
3
Universe 3 (By: Terry Carr)
1973
Go
4
Universe 4 (By: Terry Carr)
1974
Go
5
Universe 5 (By: Terry Carr)
1974
Go
6
Universe 6 (By: John Shirley, Terry Carr)
1976
Go
7
Universe 7 (By: Terry Carr)
1977
Go
8
Universe 8 (By: Terry Carr)
1978
Go
9
Universe 9 (By: John Shirley, Terry Carr)
1979
Go
10
Universe 10 (By: Terry Carr)
1980
Go
11
Universe 11 (By: Kim Stanley Robinson, William Gibson, Michael Swanwick, Carter Scholz, Michael Bishop, Ian Watson, Nancy Kress, Carol Emshwiller, Josephine Saxton, Terry Carr)
1981
Go
12
Universe 12 (By: Terry Carr)
1982
Go
13
6
Universe 13 (With: Kim Stanley Robinson, Lucius Shepard, Michael Bishop, Ian Watson, Terry Carr, Leanne Frahm, Bill Bickel)
1983
Go
14
Universe 14 (By: Terry Carr)
1984
Go
15
Universe 15 (By: Terry Carr)
1985
Go
16
Universe 16 (By: Terry Carr)
1986
Go
17
Universe 17 (By: Terry Carr)
1987
Go
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List of Best Science Fiction of the Year Books in Publication Order

Annual sci-fi anthologies collecting a variety of short-stories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1
1972
Go
2
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2
1973
Go
3
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3
1974
Go
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4
1975
Go
5
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5
1976
Go
6
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6
1977
Go
7
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7
1978
Go
8
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8
1979
Go
9
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9
1980
Go
10
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10
1981
Go
11
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11
1982
Go
12
10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12
1983
Go
13
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13
1984
Go
14
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14
1984
Go
15
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15
1986
Go
16
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16
1987
Go
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List of Bruce Sterling Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1
1972
Go
2
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2
1973
Go
3
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3
1974
Go
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4
1975
Go
5
Universe 6
1976
Go
6
Lone Star Universe
1976
Go
7
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5
1976
Go
8
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6
1977
Go
9
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7
1978
Go
10
Universe 9
1979
Go
11
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9
1980
Go
12
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10
1981
Go
13
Universe 11
1981
Go
14
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11
1982
Go
15
10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12
1983
Go
16
6
Universe 13
1983
Go
17
Nebula Awards 18
1983
Go
18
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13
1984
Go
19
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14
1984
Go
20
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection
1985
Go
21
2
The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction
1985
Go
22
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15
1986
Go
23
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 12
1986
Go
24
Mirrorshades
1986
Go
25
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987
1987
Go
26
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1988
1988
Go
27
The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction
1989
Go
28
Third Annual Collection
1989
Go
29
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1989
1989
Go
30
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 14
1989
Go
31
Drabble II: Double Century
1990
Go
32
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection
1990
Go
33
Semiotext SF
1991
Go
34
Storming the Reality Studio
1991
Go
35
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
1992
Go
36
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1992
1992
Go
37
Under African Skies
1993
Go
38
The Ascent of Wonder
1994
Go
39
Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994
1994
Go
40
Cthulhu 2000
1995
Go
41
Paragons
1996
Go
42
6
Year's Best SF
1996
Go
43
Hackers
1996
Go
44
The Science Fiction Century
1997
Go
45
Modern Classics of Fantasy
1997
Go
46
Year's Best SF 2
1997
Go
47
6
Year's Best SF 2
1997
Go
48
8
Year's Best SF 3
1998
Go
49
4
Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011
1998
Go
50
The Good New Stuff
1999
Go
51
6
Year's Best SF 4
1999
Go
52
Year's Best SF 4
1999
Go
53
8
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology
1999
Go
54
5
Year's Best SF 5
2000
Go
55
Genometry
2001
Go
56
Year's Best SF 6
2001
Go
57
The Ultimate Cyberpunk
2002
Go
58
Supermen
2002
Go
59
Year's Best SF 7
2002
Go
60
Year's Best SF 8
2003
Go
61
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16
2003
Go
62
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection
2003
Go
63
Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations
2003
Go
64
The Hard SF Renaissance
2003
Go
65
4
Year's Best SF 9
2004
Go
66
Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse
2005
Go
67
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
2005
Go
68
4
Year's Best SF 10
2005
Go
69
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection
2006
Go
70
Year's Best SF 11
2006
Go
71
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection
2006
Go
72
Year's Best SF 12
2007
Go
73
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: 30th Anniversary Anthology
2007
Go
74
Rewired
2007
Go
75
4
Year's Best SF 13
2008
Go
76
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21
2008
Go
77
Year's Best SF 14
2009
Go
78
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction
2010
Go
79
Year's Best SF 15
2010
Go
80
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5
2011
Go
81
Year's Best SF 16
2011
Go
82
10
Happily Ever After
2011
Go
83
8
The Book of Cthulhu
2011
Go
84
Alien Contact
2011
Go
85
Lightspeed: Year One
2011
Go
86
Year's Best SF 17
2012
Go
87
Steampunk III
2012
Go
88
Digital Rapture
2012
Go
89
Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy
2012
Go
90
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 35, April 2013
2013
Go
91
After the End
2013
Go
92
Year's Best SF 18
2013
Go
93
Twelve Tomorrows 2014
2014
Go
94
8
Hieroglyph
2014
Go
95
Lightspeed Magazine, February 2017
2017
Go
96
2001: An Odyssey in Words
2018
Go
97
Love, Death and Robots: The Official Anthology: Volume Four
2025
Go
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Bruce Sterling

Bruce Sterling (Michael Bruce Sterling) was born on April 14th, 1954 and is currently 72 years old. Bruce Sterling was born in Brownsville, Texas, USA.

Bruce Sterling is the author of 13 Short Stories/Novellas. The first short story published was Dinner in Audoghast (in Asimov's), in 1985. The most recently published story was Totem Poles which was released in 2016. There are no upcoming short stories.

Bruce Sterling: Awards & Accolades

Sterling's books have won multiple awards, Bicycle Repairman (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future) won the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 1997. Taklamakan (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future) won the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 1999. Distraction won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Best Science Fiction Novel, in 2000.

Bruce Sterling books have also been nominated for multiple awards, Flowers of Edo (in Asimov's) was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 1988. Islands in the Net was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1989. Third Annual Collection was nominated for the World Fantasy Award, Anthology, in 1991. Deep Eddy (in Asimov's) was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novelette, in 1994. Holy Fire was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1997. Distraction was nominated for the Hugo Award, Best Novel, in 1999. Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection was nominated for the British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology, in 2007.

Bruce Sterling: Lists & Other Mentions

  • The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier was a The Verge: The Greatest Tech Books of All Time Selection in 2023.

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  4. Stephen King, author of The Dark Tower Series.
  5. Andy Weir, author of: Project Hail Mary.

Bruce Sterling: F.A.Q

When was Bruce Sterling Born? How old is Bruce Sterling?

Bruce Sterling was born on April 14th, 1954. Bruce Sterling is currently 72 years old.

Where was Bruce Sterling Born?

Bruce Sterling was born in Brownsville, Texas, USA and is American.

What book awards has Bruce Sterling won?

Bicycle Repairman (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future): Hugo Award Best Novelette (1997).
Taklamakan (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future): Hugo Award Best Novelette (1999).
Distraction: Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Science Fiction Novel (2000).

What was the first book Bruce Sterling wrote?

The first book written by Bruce Sterling was Involution Ocean, published in 1977.

What was the most recent book Bruce Sterling wrote?

His most recently released work was Robot Artists and Black Swans: The Italian Fantascienza Stories on March 30th, 2021.

What is the most popular book by Bruce Sterling?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Bruce Sterling book is The Difference Engine. Here are his most popular books:
  1. The Difference Engine (3.33)
  2. Schismatrix Plus (10)
  3. Holy Fire (9.67)
  4. Distraction (8)
  5. Zeitgeist (5)

Are there upcoming new books by Bruce Sterling?

Bruce Sterling does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has Bruce Sterling written?

Bruce Sterling has written 37 books across 13 series, excluding contributions to anthologies.
  • 3 books in the Mechanist Shapers Series
  • 11 Standalone Novels
  • 13 Short Stories/Novellas
  • 6 Collections
  • 1 book in The Harlan Ellison Discovery Series
  • 3 Non-Fiction Books

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