*It's kinda fun to confront issues that I was sincerely interested in when I was writing a sci-fi novel 42 years ago #posthuman #fork #Schismatrix #Shapers #Mechanists
April 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM
*It's kinda fun to confront issues that I was sincerely interested in when I was writing a sci-fi novel 42 years ago #posthuman #fork #Schismatrix #Shapers #Mechanists
I was really obsessed with this illustration. I'd read schismatrix not long before and i got a little obsessed with the idea of weird biotech space civs
The hive-men of HALE-BOPP first showed up for the cover of @imagecomics.com 's "ISLAND" magazine, issue 8, back in 2016, for a piece that connected them to the world of "HABITAT" (a Dyson Tree receiving trade goods from a Euhumanist ship) 1/3
February 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I was really obsessed with this illustration. I'd read schismatrix not long before and i got a little obsessed with the idea of weird biotech space civs
Hey kids, time to get out your copies of Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix. Are you a Shaper or a Mechanist? Better get your applications in early!
At Cosyne, Chris Olah from Anthropic told us that neuroscientists had “3-4 years left to make a contribution”
Why was not clear.
Perhaps he was hinting at the below graph accompanying today’s Claude Science launch.
Apparently we’ll all be obsolete soon.
Why was not clear.
Perhaps he was hinting at the below graph accompanying today’s Claude Science launch.
Apparently we’ll all be obsolete soon.
July 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Hey kids, time to get out your copies of Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix. Are you a Shaper or a Mechanist? Better get your applications in early!
*A groovy anime cartoon of one of my cyberpunk space-opera stories has just appeared on Netflix
*It's extremely dark, weird, complicated, transgressive and murderously violent
*Of course that's also true of the original story, and, I'd say, even more so #ShaperMechanist #Schismatrix
*It's extremely dark, weird, complicated, transgressive and murderously violent
*Of course that's also true of the original story, and, I'd say, even more so #ShaperMechanist #Schismatrix
May 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
*A groovy anime cartoon of one of my cyberpunk space-opera stories has just appeared on Netflix
*It's extremely dark, weird, complicated, transgressive and murderously violent
*Of course that's also true of the original story, and, I'd say, even more so #ShaperMechanist #Schismatrix
*It's extremely dark, weird, complicated, transgressive and murderously violent
*Of course that's also true of the original story, and, I'd say, even more so #ShaperMechanist #Schismatrix
I too got brain-sick from reading Schismatrix, and probably still am...
I was really obsessed with this illustration. I'd read schismatrix not long before and i got a little obsessed with the idea of weird biotech space civs
The hive-men of HALE-BOPP first showed up for the cover of @imagecomics.com 's "ISLAND" magazine, issue 8, back in 2016, for a piece that connected them to the world of "HABITAT" (a Dyson Tree receiving trade goods from a Euhumanist ship) 1/3
February 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I too got brain-sick from reading Schismatrix, and probably still am...
Shaper/mechanist universe (Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix)
The Culture Series (Ian M Banks)
The Expanse
The Culture Series (Ian M Banks)
The Expanse
July 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Shaper/mechanist universe (Bruce Sterling's Schismatrix)
The Culture Series (Ian M Banks)
The Expanse
The Culture Series (Ian M Banks)
The Expanse
Bruce Sterling, Schismatrix, Penguin, 1986. Cover: John Harris. #BruceSterling #JohnHarris #cyberpunk
May 18, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Bruce Sterling, Schismatrix, Penguin, 1986. Cover: John Harris. #BruceSterling #JohnHarris #cyberpunk
Finished this earlier. Very fascinating future depicted very well. Reminded me a bit of Sterling's Schismatrix. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
April 28, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Finished this earlier. Very fascinating future depicted very well. Reminded me a bit of Sterling's Schismatrix. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
Bryan Johnson is going to complete his aesthetic transformation into a Vampire Diaries recurring villain, start a body-hacking cult that's straight out of Schismatrix, and then finally come to terms with gender dysphoria at like age 85.
May 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Bryan Johnson is going to complete his aesthetic transformation into a Vampire Diaries recurring villain, start a body-hacking cult that's straight out of Schismatrix, and then finally come to terms with gender dysphoria at like age 85.
Sent my wonderful mom a photo of last night's cooking and she, who learnt english later in life, happily remarked on the presentation of the "Shapers's Pie".
Did not expect a Schismatrix reference from her.
Did not expect a Schismatrix reference from her.
March 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Sent my wonderful mom a photo of last night's cooking and she, who learnt english later in life, happily remarked on the presentation of the "Shapers's Pie".
Did not expect a Schismatrix reference from her.
Did not expect a Schismatrix reference from her.
On to this next. I've not read much Sterling so I'm looking forward to this. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
June 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
On to this next. I've not read much Sterling so I'm looking forward to this. 🪐📚 #scifibooks #sciencefiction #nowreading
*Yeah, but I'm not sure it makes much difference. Shumer's a slopper, he thinks and speaks in Delvish anyway, it's his native dialect, it's just not of human origin.
*This cyberpunk book-review would win an easy A in English class at Midwestern State University
www.demagaga.com/2026/02/10/s...
*This cyberpunk book-review would win an easy A in English class at Midwestern State University
www.demagaga.com/2026/02/10/s...
February 14, 2026 at 7:09 AM
*Yeah, but I'm not sure it makes much difference. Shumer's a slopper, he thinks and speaks in Delvish anyway, it's his native dialect, it's just not of human origin.
*This cyberpunk book-review would win an easy A in English class at Midwestern State University
www.demagaga.com/2026/02/10/s...
*This cyberpunk book-review would win an easy A in English class at Midwestern State University
www.demagaga.com/2026/02/10/s...
*Huh. This book review has slop art, no by-line, and an embedded ad, so I'm pretty sure that a language-model wrote this long and rather accurate review of a 1980s cyberpunk novel.
www.demagaga.com/2026/02/10/s...
www.demagaga.com/2026/02/10/s...
Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling: Post-Human Politics and Cyberpunk Evolution
Bruce Sterling’s Schismatrix explores post-human politics, cybernetic and genetic factions, and the struggle over humanity’s future in a landmark cyberpunk novel.
www.demagaga.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:59 AM
*Huh. This book review has slop art, no by-line, and an embedded ad, so I'm pretty sure that a language-model wrote this long and rather accurate review of a 1980s cyberpunk novel.
www.demagaga.com/2026/02/10/s...
www.demagaga.com/2026/02/10/s...
Artist John Harris sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/harris... was born on this day, so here's some of his cover artwork (1979-1986). 1: "Age of the Pussyfoot" Frederik Pohl; 2: "Annihilation Factor" Barrington J. Bayley; 3: "Strength of Stones" Greg Bear and 4: "Schismatrix" Bruce Sterling:
July 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Artist John Harris sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/harris... was born on this day, so here's some of his cover artwork (1979-1986). 1: "Age of the Pussyfoot" Frederik Pohl; 2: "Annihilation Factor" Barrington J. Bayley; 3: "Strength of Stones" Greg Bear and 4: "Schismatrix" Bruce Sterling:
May 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Schismatrix isn’t cyberpunk just because Sterling wrote it.
and the orbital in Neuromancer is a spa for the ultra rich which is abandoned and collapsing by the end of the trilogy. hard to think of a better illustration of how cyberpunk rejected the hegemonic space narrative.
and the orbital in Neuromancer is a spa for the ultra rich which is abandoned and collapsing by the end of the trilogy. hard to think of a better illustration of how cyberpunk rejected the hegemonic space narrative.
Cyberpunk didn't push back against the idea that our destiny is space at all; it's just updated it for the 80s, Third Industrial Revolution like.
The climax of Neuromancer is set on an O'Neill colony and Schismatrix is set entirely in space!
The climax of Neuromancer is set on an O'Neill colony and Schismatrix is set entirely in space!
May 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Schismatrix isn’t cyberpunk just because Sterling wrote it.
and the orbital in Neuromancer is a spa for the ultra rich which is abandoned and collapsing by the end of the trilogy. hard to think of a better illustration of how cyberpunk rejected the hegemonic space narrative.
and the orbital in Neuromancer is a spa for the ultra rich which is abandoned and collapsing by the end of the trilogy. hard to think of a better illustration of how cyberpunk rejected the hegemonic space narrative.
Schismatrix has ruined normal books for me. I now need everything to be this weird.
podcast.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/796577/episo...
#cyberpunk #booksky #podsky #schismatrix
podcast.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/796577/episo...
#cyberpunk #booksky #podsky #schismatrix
Discussing Schismatrix by Bruce Sterling (Part 1) - Words About Books
This is without a doubt the strangest book I have ever read. I love it.
podcast.wordsaboutbooks.ninja
September 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Schismatrix has ruined normal books for me. I now need everything to be this weird.
podcast.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/796577/episo...
#cyberpunk #booksky #podsky #schismatrix
podcast.wordsaboutbooks.ninja/796577/episo...
#cyberpunk #booksky #podsky #schismatrix
Heads up: a few US ebook deals today; I haven't decided about getting any yet.
• Provenance, by @annleckie.com, for $3.
• Schismatrix Plus, by Bruce Sterling, for $2 (Kindle only).
• A Man of His Word (Complete Series), by Dave Duncan, for $4 (Kindle only).
• Provenance, by @annleckie.com, for $3.
• Schismatrix Plus, by Bruce Sterling, for $2 (Kindle only).
• A Man of His Word (Complete Series), by Dave Duncan, for $4 (Kindle only).
September 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Heads up: a few US ebook deals today; I haven't decided about getting any yet.
• Provenance, by @annleckie.com, for $3.
• Schismatrix Plus, by Bruce Sterling, for $2 (Kindle only).
• A Man of His Word (Complete Series), by Dave Duncan, for $4 (Kindle only).
• Provenance, by @annleckie.com, for $3.
• Schismatrix Plus, by Bruce Sterling, for $2 (Kindle only).
• A Man of His Word (Complete Series), by Dave Duncan, for $4 (Kindle only).
I am getting a potentially expensive penchant for 1980s cyberpunk 1st editions. The early Gibson in particular are crazy prices. Starting with Swanwick and Sterling which are available for merely wince-inducing $$. This one is an early target. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting #cyberpunk
September 12, 2026 at 10:43 AM
I am getting a potentially expensive penchant for 1980s cyberpunk 1st editions. The early Gibson in particular are crazy prices. Starting with Swanwick and Sterling which are available for merely wince-inducing $$. This one is an early target. #scifibooks #sciencefiction #bookcollecting #cyberpunk
Come on, the lobsters are from @bruces.bsky.social's 1985 Schismatrix
February 28, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Come on, the lobsters are from @bruces.bsky.social's 1985 Schismatrix
Well, last time, I got Attila Veres, so let's rock
Jonathan Carroll and Schismatrix Plus
Jonathan Carroll and Schismatrix Plus
April 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Well, last time, I got Attila Veres, so let's rock
Jonathan Carroll and Schismatrix Plus
Jonathan Carroll and Schismatrix Plus
you ever get to Schismatrix Plus?
March 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
you ever get to Schismatrix Plus?
I might go for Schismatrix. Plenty of cool toys.
July 6, 2026 at 10:51 AM
I might go for Schismatrix. Plenty of cool toys.