@booklet {3685, title = {Schismatrix}, year = {1985}, note = {

Rpt. New York: Ace 1986; and in\ Schismatrix Plus: Includes Schismatrix and Selected Stories from Crystal Express\ (New York: Ace, 1996), 1-236. Developed from a series of stories, including \"Swarm.\"\ The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\ 62.4 (April 1982): 4-24; rpt. in his\ Crystal Express\ (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1989), 3-26; rpt. (New York: Ace Books, 1990), 3-28;\ in The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories. Ed. Tom Shippey (Oxford, Eng.: Oxford University Press, 1992), 472-95; and\ in Schismatrix Plus (239-57); \"Spider Rose.\"\ The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction\ 63.2 (375) (August 1982): 4-19; rpt. in his\ Crystal Express\ (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1989), 27-44; rpt. (New York: Ace Books, 1990), 29-46; and in\ Schismatrix Plus\ (258-71); \"Cicada Queen.\"\ Universe 13. Ed. Terry Carr. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1985), 145-81; rpt. in his\ Crystal Express\ (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1989), 45-79; rpt. (New York: Ace Books, 1990), 47-84; and in\ Schismatrix Plus\ (272-300); \"Sunken Gardens.\" Omni 6.9 (June 1984): 58-, 62, 64, 67, 136, 138; rpt. in\ The Year\&$\#$39;s Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection. Ed. Gardner [Raymond] Dozois (New York: Bluejay Books, 1985), 351-64 with an editor\&$\#$39;s note on 350; in his\ Crystal Express\ (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1989), 80-96; rpt. in (New York: Ace Books, 1990), 85-101;and in\ Schismatrix Plus\ (301-12); and \"Life in the Mechanist/Shaper Era: 20 Evocations.\"\ Interzone, no. 7 (Spring 1984): 24-26; rpt. as \"Twenty Evocations.\" In his\ Crystal Express\ (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1989), 97-104; rpt. (New York: Ace Books, 1990), 102-09; as \"20 Evocations.\"\ Mississippi Review, no. 47/48 (16.2/3) (1988): 122-29; and in\ Schismatrix Plus\ (313-19).

}, month = {1985}, publisher = {Arbor House}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Cyberpunk that presents two groups of future posthumans, one of which, the Shapers, develop themselves with genetic engineering and the other, the Mechanists, who use cybernetic enhancements. These groups are regularly in conflict and the presentation is essentially dystopian.

}, keywords = {Male author, US author}, author = {[Michael] Bruce Sterling (b. 1954)} }