Sterling Bruce is a well-known science fiction writer, professor of Internet research and science fiction at the European Higher School, an international theorist, literary critic. He wrote a large number of novels, short stories and short stories, many of which were reproduced on the screen. His fruitful work was, of course, marked by awards and prizes. He sold his first science fiction work at age 22!
Together with his colleague William Gibson, Sterling tried to beneficially influence the worldview and aesthetics of the younger generation, which was trapped in computer progress.
Learn more about this interesting person and his excellent work.
Bruce Sterling: biography
Born April 14, 1954 in Brownsville, Texas. Bruce spent most of his childhood in Galveston, Texas. At the age of fifteen, he moved with his family to India, where his father began working on a project for a fertilizer plant. Bruce Sterling traveled for a long time in this breathtaking country. This explains his love for Indian culture and Bollywood cinema.
In 1976, he graduated from the University of Texas, and a year later published the first science fiction story, “The Ocean of Involution.” In it, the author describes a gloomy planet, the inhabitants of which are in some kind of general delusion, abusing drugs.
But he became famous thanks to the organization of annual parties in Austin, where he perfectly represented digital art.
Unique genre
Sterling Bruce publishes a number of fantastic works (the most famous “Schematrix”) under the pseudonym Vincent Omniaveritas, which in Latin means “the truth overcomes everything”. These stories were part of the big cyberpunk genre. Bruce dealt with its development with such brilliant authors as Rudy Rucker, William Gibson and John Shirley.
Despite the fact that many critics declared his cyberpunk dead and boring in 1988, Sterling continued to write about future technologies and its impact on humans. He was engaged in the formation of a unique media project for the study of obsolete forms of media. The science fiction writer made a prediction that paper will never disappear, since it is a great option for storing information that does not require batteries. He also stated with confidence that the Internet would turn into something radically unexpected.
Of course, he fantasized about future technological innovations. I hoped that they would solve such important problems as global warming, garbage accumulation, clogging of the atmosphere and others. He founded special movements and organizations to tell people about the environmental dangers of consumer life.
Career and research
In 1990, Bruce Sterling, along with William Gibson, published the novel The Difference Machine, which describes London in 1855, which, in his opinion, was too anachronistic.
In 2003, Sterling became a professor of Internet research and science fiction at the European Higher School, began to conduct intensive summer seminars. In 2005, employees at the College of Art Center for Design in Los Angeles called him a true visionary of technological development.
For several years, the writer lived in Serbia with his second wife, Jasmina Tesanovik (Serbian author and director). In September 2007, he moved to Italy, where he found a delightful place to work - the city of Turin. Sterling Bruce traveled a lot around the world, telling fans about his novels, scientific achievements and world problems.
Awards and prizes
In 1989, Sterling received the Campbell Award for his novel Islands on the Net.
In 1997, he won the Hugo Award for the best short novel Bicycle Master.
For the brilliant work “Taklamakan” in 1999 he was awarded the “Hayakawa” Prize, the second time he became the owner of “Hugo Award”.
In 2000, the American science fiction writer Bruce Sterling was awarded the Clark Prize for the novel "Breakup."
Famous works
In his books, Bruce Sterling makes bold statements about the future: he confidently claims that medical scientists will soon be able to extend our lives, and people will easily abandon oil.
In 1993, the writer publishes the book Hacker Acceleration, which talks about the deep history of the birth of cyberspace and the development of technology.
Stirling's most famous novels: “The Artificial Child” (1980), “The Schismatrix” (1985), “The Sacred Fire” (1996), “The Spirit of the Time” (2000), “The Black Swan” (2010 g.)
Tales and short stories that have become popular around the world: “The Swarm” (1982), “The Queen of the Cicadas” (1983), “The Red Star, the Orbit of Winter” (1983), “The Twelve Pages of the Past” (1984 g.), “Mozart in Mirrored Glasses” (1985).
In addition, Bruce publishes a large number of scientific articles that excite the consciousness of people: “Ivory Tower” (2005), “Green Fashion in the Art Forum” (2006), “Gasoline and Society” (2006), “Hyperlocal future: is it possible to create a new type of city” (2007), “Fiction in the future” (2009), “Design fiction” (2009) and others.
