The
Mirrorshades Postmodern Archive
Bruce's unofficial webpage. A collection
of fascinating links, plus a complete archive of articles from the new
Viridian mailing list.
The
Difference Dictionary
A valuable guide/supplement to Sterling
and William Gibson's satirical 'steampunk' novel, The Difference Engine.
The
World, The Flesh and the Devil
J.D. Bernal's mindblowing 1929 work
of future speculation, cited by Sterling as a "huge influence" on his Schismatrix.
Print
bibliography on Cyberpunk, Cyberspace, and Postmodernism
Compiled by Ann Balsamo, and included
on Sterling's "agitprop" disk.
Survival
Research Laboratories
Official website of Mark
Pauline's self-destructive industrial-machine-art group, which Sterling
writes about in Wired 4.07: "Is Phoenix Burning?".
Vernor
Vinge's Paper on "The Singularity"
A disturbing meditation on the future
of artificial intelligences -- a future which may not include humans.
Jaron
Lanier's Homepage
The "ideas and artstuff" of the father
of virtual reality.
Science,
Technology, and Culture Links
Enormous list of links for the thinking
SF reader, compiled by Alan Liu. You may have to kinda comb through here
for the good stuff, though.
The
Truly Malicious Hacker Video
You, too, can order this 54-minute
VHS videotape and watch Bruce try his hand at performance art. |
