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Works by Bruce Sterling (Study Guide): Novels by Bruce Sterling, Short Stories by Bruce Sterling, Schismatrix, Islands in the Net
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-14.
ISBN 9781158084067
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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Novels by Bruce Sterling, Short Stories by Bruce Sterling, Schismatrix, Islands in the Net, the Difference Engine, Red Star, Winter Orbit, the Zenith Angle, Holy Fire, the Caryatids, Heavy Weather, the Artificial Kid, Bicycle Repairman, Taklamakan. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Schismatrix (pronounced ) is a science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling, originally published in 1985. The story was Sterling's only novel-length treatment of the Shaper/Mechanist universe. Five short stories preceded the novel. Schismatrix was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1985, and the British Science Fiction Award in 1986. The main character, Abélard Lindsay, is born in the ancient lunar colony Mare Serenitatis Circumlunar Corporate Republic, into a family of aristocratic Mechanists, but after being sent to the Shapers Ring Council, he receives specialized and experimental diplomatic training and gives his loyalty to the Shapers' cause. He, his best friend and fellow Shaper protege Philip Constantine and the beautiful and passionate Preservationist Vera Kelland lead an insurgency against the rulers of the republic, who use Mechanist technology to prolong their lives. The three of them influence the younger generation towards the Shapers' cause in their pursuit of Preservationism, a movement devoted to the preservation of earth-bound human culture. Kelland and Lindsay agree to kill themselves as a political statement, but Lindsay reneges on his suicide pact after Kelland is dead. Constantine attempts to kill Lindsay but instead kills a Mechanist, creating a scandal. Constantine is allowed to remain in the Republic because his knowledge is needed to keep the Republic's environment from self-destructing but Lindsay is exi...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1092478
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