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A review by founddrama
Schismatrix Plus by Bruce Sterling
4.0
SHORT VERSION: (not a real review)
• 1st: "Swarm" — reeeeeally liked; I can see why it's so popular and well known — reminds me of [b:Blindsight|2542808|Blindsight|Peter Watts|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41v%2BiYMmsgL._SL75_.jpg|47428] — except that Blindsight was probably in-part inspired by this...?
• 2nd: "Spider Rose" — reminds me of that PKD story "Beyond Lies the Wub"
• aspects of the main novel (Schismatrix) cued in my mind visions of: "this is [b:Neuromancer|22328|Neuromancer (Sprawl Trilogy, #1)|William Gibson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255932094s/22328.jpg|909457] on extraversion" (but mostly I think that b/c they're contemporaries?); also cued: "smatterings of this show up in [b:Accelerando|17863|Accelerando|Charles Stross|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255812584s/17863.jpg|930555]" (but maybe they're just sharing tropes and/or formats? arcs?)
• I think I need a re-read to unpack it and put it all back together
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A note about this edition: it's an omnibus—and as such it contains Sterling's novel (Schismatrix) plus all the short stories in the Shaper/Mechanist milieu.
• 1st: "Swarm" — reeeeeally liked; I can see why it's so popular and well known — reminds me of [b:Blindsight|2542808|Blindsight|Peter Watts|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41v%2BiYMmsgL._SL75_.jpg|47428] — except that Blindsight was probably in-part inspired by this...?
• 2nd: "Spider Rose" — reminds me of that PKD story "Beyond Lies the Wub"
• aspects of the main novel (Schismatrix) cued in my mind visions of: "this is [b:Neuromancer|22328|Neuromancer (Sprawl Trilogy, #1)|William Gibson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255932094s/22328.jpg|909457] on extraversion" (but mostly I think that b/c they're contemporaries?); also cued: "smatterings of this show up in [b:Accelerando|17863|Accelerando|Charles Stross|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255812584s/17863.jpg|930555]" (but maybe they're just sharing tropes and/or formats? arcs?)
• I think I need a re-read to unpack it and put it all back together
--
A note about this edition: it's an omnibus—and as such it contains Sterling's novel (Schismatrix) plus all the short stories in the Shaper/Mechanist milieu.