Schismatrix Plus - Bruce Sterling
Category: Sci-Fi
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The Nebula-nominated novel of a brave new world of nearly constant future shock - plus all the short fiction of the Shaper/Mechanist universe (The Washington Post)., Acclaimed science fiction luminary and a godfather of the genres remarkable offspring - cyberpunk - Bruce Sterling carries readers to a far-future universe where stunning achievements in human development have been tainted by a virulent outbreak of prejudice and hatred., Many thousands of years in the future, the human race has split into two incompatible factions. The aristocratic Mechanists believe that humans can only achieve their greatest potential through technology and enhancing their bodies with powerful prosthetics. The rebel Shapers view these improvements as abominations, and their faith in genetic enhancements over mechanical ones has led to violent, even murderous, clashes between the two sects., One man is caught in the middle. The child of Mechanists, Abelard Lindsay is a former Shaper diplomat who was betra
