Bruce Sterling Quotes

A collection of quotes by Bruce Sterling.

Bruce Sterling is a renowned American science fiction author and futurist. Born in 1954, he has made significant contributions to the cyberpunk literary genre. With novels like "Schismatrix" and "Distraction," Sterling explores the impact of technology and its relationship with society. He co-founded the cyberpunk movement and was a key figure in popularizing the genre. Additionally, Sterling is known for his work as an environmentalist, journalist, and speaker, offering thought-provoking insights into the intersection of technology, culture, and the future.

You know what's truly weird about any financial crisis? We m

You know what's truly weird about any financial crisis? We made it up. Currency, money, finance, they're all social inventions. When the sun comes up in the morning it's shining on the same physical landscape, all the atoms are in place.

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My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to

My idea of an amusement park story is getting adventurers to go tour environmental disaster areas. After all, if the entire Great Barrier Reef gets killed, which seems like an extremely lively possibility, what are you going to do with all that rotting limestone?

If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, sc

If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter prophecies, and scratch ourselves in public. We can play with Big Ideas because the garish motley of our pulp origins make us seem harmless.

Inspirational Dissent Science Fiction

War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However,

War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize 'world peace' even when we get it.

I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I

I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away... it was already here. I just wasn't aware of it yet.

I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterlin

I do have two data identities. I have my name, Bruce Sterling, which is my public name under which I write novels. I also have my other name, which is my legal name under which I own property and vote.