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Bruce Sterling Books in Order

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

8 series 129 books Latest: 2001: An Odyssey in Words (2018)

Publishing since 1971, Bruce Sterling has 129 books to their name. Across 8 series, Universe stands out as the longest at 17 books. Their latest title in our catalogue is 2001: An Odyssey in Words, from 2018.

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1 Mechanist Shapers 2 Bruce Sterling Other Novels 3 Bruce Sterling Short Stories/Novellas 4 The Harlan Ellison Discovery 5 Bruce Sterling Non-Fiction Books 6 Universe 7 Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 Bruce Sterling Anthologies

Reading Order

8 series · 129 books
Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling

Mechanist Shapers Series

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1 Schismatrix 1985 Nebula Award 1986BSFA Award for Best Novel 1986Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Crystal Express 1989 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Schismatrix Plus 1995 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Artificial Kid by Bruce Sterling

Bruce Sterling Other Novels

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1 The Artificial Kid 1980 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Islands in the Net 1988 🏆 John W. Campbell Memorial Award 1989Hugo Award 1989Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Difference Engine with William Gibson 1990 Nebula Award 1992John W. Campbell Memorial Award 1992Nebula Award 1991British Science Fiction Association Award 1990Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Heavy Weather 1994 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Holy Fire 1996 Hugo Award 1997BSFA Award for Best Novel 1996Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Distraction 1998 Hugo Award 1999Full award history → Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Zeitgeist 2000 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 The Zenith Angle 2004 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 The Caryatids 2009 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Love is Strange 2012 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 Pirate Utopia 2015 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Bruce Sterling Short Stories/Novellas

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

The Harlan Ellison Discovery Series

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1 Autumn Angels by Arthur Byron Cover 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Light at the End of the Universe by Terry Carr 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Involution Ocean 1977 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier by Bruce Sterling

Bruce Sterling Non-Fiction Books

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1 The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier 1992 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years 2002 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Epic Struggle of the Internet of Things 2014 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
Universe 1 by Bruce Sterling

Universe Series

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1 Universe 1 by Terry Carr 1971 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 Universe 2 by Terry Carr 1972 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 Universe 3 by Terry Carr 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 Universe 4 by Terry Carr 1974 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 Universe 5 by Terry Carr 1974 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 Universe 6 by John Shirley, Terry Carr 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 Universe 7 by Terry Carr 1977 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 Universe 8 by Terry Carr 1978 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 Universe 9 by John Shirley, Terry Carr 1979 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 Universe 10 by Terry Carr 1980 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
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 on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 Universe 12 by Terry Carr 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Universe 13 with Kim Stanley Robinson, Lucius Shepard, Michael Bishop, Ian Watson, Terry Carr, Leanne Frahm, Bill Bickel 1983 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Universe 14 by Terry Carr 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Universe 15 by Terry Carr 1985 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Universe 16 by Terry Carr 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
17 Universe 17 by Terry Carr 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Best Science Fiction of the Year Series

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1 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1 1972 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
2 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 1973 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
3 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 1974 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
4 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 1975 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
5 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 1976 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
6 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 1977 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
7 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 1978 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
8 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 1979 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
9 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 1980 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
10 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 1981 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
11 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 1982 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
12 The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 1983 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
13 Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
14 Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 1984 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
15 Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 1986 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia
16 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 1987 Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia

Bruce Sterling Anthologies

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

Sterling is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre.

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