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Bruce Sterling Books in Order

9 series including Universe Series, Best Science Fiction of the Year Series and more

9 series 135 books Latest: Robot Artists and Black Swans: The Italian Fantascienza Stories ( With: John Coulthart, Dario Tonani, Bruno Argento) (2021)

Reading Order

9 series · 135 books

Mechanist Shapers Series

0 of 3 read
# Title Year Buy
1 Schismatrix 1985 Buy from Amazon
2 Crystal Express 1989 Buy from Amazon
3 Schismatrix Plus 1995 Buy from Amazon

Bruce Sterling Other Novels

0 of 11 read
# Title Year Buy
1 The Artificial Kid 1980 Buy from Amazon
2 Islands in the Net 1988 Buy from Amazon
3 The Difference Engine ( With: William Gibson) 1990 Buy from Amazon
4 Heavy Weather 1994 Buy from Amazon
5 Holy Fire 1996 Buy from Amazon
6 Distraction 1998 Buy from Amazon
7 Zeitgeist 2000 Buy from Amazon
8 The Zenith Angle 2004 Buy from Amazon
9 The Caryatids 2009 Buy from Amazon
10 Love is Strange 2012 Buy from Amazon
11 Pirate Utopia 2015 Buy from Amazon

Bruce Sterling Short Stories/Novellas

0 of 13 read
# Title Year Buy
1 Dinner in Audoghast (in Asimov's) (Short Story) 1985 Buy from Amazon
2 Flowers of Edo (in Asimov's) (Short Story) 1987 Buy from Amazon
3 Our Neural Chernobyl (in F&SF) (Short Story) 1988 Buy from Amazon
4 Dori Bangs (in Asimov's) (Short Story) 1989 Buy from Amazon
5 Deep Eddy (in Asimov's) (Short Story) 1993 Buy from Amazon
6 Bicycle Repairman (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future) (Short Story) 1996 Buy from Amazon
7 Maneki Neko (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future) (Short Story) 1998 Buy from Amazon
8 Taklamakan (in A Good Old-Fashioned Future) (Short Story) 1998 Buy from Amazon
9 The Parthenopean Scalpel (Short Story) 2010 Buy from Amazon
10 Black Swan (Short Story) 2010 Buy from Amazon
11 Good Night, Moon (Short Story) ( With: Rudy Rucker) 2011 Buy from Amazon
12 Loco (Short Story) ( With: Rudy Rucker) 2012 Buy from Amazon
13 Totem Poles (Short Story) ( With: Rudy Rucker) 2016 Buy from Amazon

This is a multi-author anthology series. Bruce Sterling contributed 6 titles to this series:

  • Globalhead (1992) Buy
  • A Good Old-Fashioned Future (1999) Buy
  • Visionary in Residence (2005) Buy
  • Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling (2007) Buy
  • Gothic High-Tech (2011) Buy
  • Robot Artists and Black Swans: The Italian Fantascienza Stories ( With: John Coulthart, Dario Tonani, Bruno Argento) (2021) Buy
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The Harlan Ellison Discovery Series

0 of 3 read
# Title Year Buy
1 Autumn Angels ( By: Arthur Byron Cover) 1975 Buy from Amazon
2 The Light at the End of the Universe ( By: Terry Carr) 1976 Buy from Amazon
3 Involution Ocean 1977 Buy from Amazon

Bruce Sterling Non-Fiction Books

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# Title Year Buy
1 The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier 1992 Buy from Amazon
2 Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years 2002 Buy from Amazon
3 The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things 2014 Buy from Amazon

Universe Series

0 of 17 read
# Title Year Buy
1 Universe 1 ( By: Terry Carr) 1971 Buy from Amazon
2 Universe 2 ( By: Terry Carr) 1972 Buy from Amazon
3 Universe 3 ( By: Terry Carr) 1973 Buy from Amazon
4 Universe 4 ( By: Terry Carr) 1974 Buy from Amazon
5 Universe 5 ( By: Terry Carr) 1974 Buy from Amazon
6 Universe 6 ( By: John Shirley, Terry Carr) 1976 Buy from Amazon
7 Universe 7 ( By: Terry Carr) 1977 Buy from Amazon
8 Universe 8 ( By: Terry Carr) 1978 Buy from Amazon
9 Universe 9 ( By: John Shirley, Terry Carr) 1979 Buy from Amazon
10 Universe 10 ( By: Terry Carr) 1980 Buy from Amazon
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 Buy from Amazon
12 Universe 12 ( By: Terry Carr) 1982 Buy from Amazon
13 Universe 13 ( With: Kim Stanley Robinson, Lucius Shepard, Michael Bishop, Ian Watson, Terry Carr, Leanne Frahm, Bill Bickel) 1983 Buy from Amazon
14 Universe 14 ( By: Terry Carr) 1984 Buy from Amazon
15 Universe 15 ( By: Terry Carr) 1985 Buy from Amazon
16 Universe 16 ( By: Terry Carr) 1986 Buy from Amazon
17 Universe 17 ( By: Terry Carr) 1987 Buy from Amazon
# Title Year Buy
1 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1 1972 Buy from Amazon
2 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 1973 Buy from Amazon
3 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 1974 Buy from Amazon
4 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 1975 Buy from Amazon
5 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 1976 Buy from Amazon
6 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 1977 Buy from Amazon
7 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 1978 Buy from Amazon
8 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 1979 Buy from Amazon
9 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 1980 Buy from Amazon
10 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 1981 Buy from Amazon
11 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 1982 Buy from Amazon
12 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 1983 Buy from Amazon
13 Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 1984 Buy from Amazon
14 Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 1984 Buy from Amazon
15 Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 1986 Buy from Amazon
16 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 1987 Buy from Amazon

Bruce Sterling Anthologies

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# Title Year Buy
1 Lone Star Universe 1976 Buy from Amazon
2 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 1983 Buy from Amazon
3 Universe 13 1983 Buy from Amazon
4 Nebula Awards 18 1983 Buy from Amazon
5 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection 1985 Buy from Amazon
6 The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 12 1986 Buy from Amazon
7 Mirrorshades 1986 Buy from Amazon
8 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1987 1987 Buy from Amazon
9 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1988 1988 Buy from Amazon
10 The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction 1989 Buy from Amazon
11 Third Annual Collection 1989 Buy from Amazon
12 Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, September 1989 1989 Buy from Amazon
13 Drabble II: Double Century 1990 Buy from Amazon
14 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection 1990 Buy from Amazon
15 Semiotext SF 1991 Buy from Amazon
16 Storming the Reality Studio 1991 Buy from Amazon
17 The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories 1992 Buy from Amazon
18 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1992 1992 Buy from Amazon
19 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection 1993 Buy from Amazon
20 Under African Skies 1993 Buy from Amazon
21 The Ascent of Wonder 1994 Buy from Amazon
22 Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994 1994 Buy from Amazon
23 Cthulhu 2000 1995 Buy from Amazon
24 Paragons 1996 Buy from Amazon
25 Hackers 1996 Buy from Amazon
26 The Science Fiction Century 1997 Buy from Amazon
27 Modern Classics of Fantasy 1997 Buy from Amazon
28 Year's Best SF 2 1997 Buy from Amazon
29 Lightspeed Magazine, April 2011 1998 Buy from Amazon
30 The Good New Stuff 1999 Buy from Amazon
31 Year's Best SF 4 1999 Buy from Amazon
32 The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology 1999 Buy from Amazon
33 Genometry 2001 Buy from Amazon
34 The Ultimate Cyberpunk 2002 Buy from Amazon
35 Supermen 2002 Buy from Amazon
36 Year's Best SF 8 2003 Buy from Amazon
37 The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 16 2003 Buy from Amazon
38 The Year\'s Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection 2003 Buy from Amazon
39 Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations 2003 Buy from Amazon
40 The Hard SF Renaissance 2003 Buy from Amazon
41 Conversations on the Edge of the Apocalypse 2005 Buy from Amazon
42 The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels 2005 Buy from Amazon
43 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection 2006 Buy from Amazon
44 Year's Best SF 11 2006 Buy from Amazon
45 Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection 2006 Buy from Amazon
46 Rewired 2007 Buy from Amazon
47 Year's Best SF 13 2008 Buy from Amazon
48 The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 21 2008 Buy from Amazon
49 The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction 2010 Buy from Amazon
50 The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Seventh Annual Collection 2010 Buy from Amazon
51 The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 5 2011 Buy from Amazon
52 Happily Ever After 2011 Buy from Amazon
53 The Book of Cthulhu 2011 Buy from Amazon
54 Lightspeed: Year One 2011 Buy from Amazon
55 Steampunk III 2012 Buy from Amazon
56 Digital Rapture 2012 Buy from Amazon
57 Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 35, April 2013 2013 Buy from Amazon
58 After the End 2013 Buy from Amazon
59 Twelve Tomorrows 2014 2014 Buy from Amazon
60 Hieroglyph 2014 Buy from Amazon
61 Transreal Cyberpunk 2015 Buy from Amazon
62 Lightspeed Magazine, February 2017 2017 Buy from Amazon
63 2001: An Odyssey in Words 2018 Buy from Amazon

Bruce Sterling (born 1954) is an American science fiction author known for his cyberpunk works. Born in Brownsville, Texas, he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and worked as a journalist before pursuing writing full-time. Sterling's early novels include "Involution Ocean" (1977) and "Schismatrix" (1985). He gained wide recognition with the cyberpunk classic "Neuromancer" (1984), co-written with William Gibson. Sterling's works explore themes of technology, progress, and the future. He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Sterling's critical success stems from his innovative ideas, thought-provoking narratives, and distinctive writing style that combines literary elements with technical jargon.

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