Schismatrix

Schismatrix
Cover of first edition (hardcover)
AuthorBruce Sterling
Cover artistRon Walotsky
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherArbor House Publishing Company
Publication date
June 1985
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages288 (Hardcover)
ISBN0-87795-645-6
OCLC11532380
813/.54 19
LC ClassPS3569.T3876 S3 1985

Schismatrix (/skɪzˈmætrɪks/)[1] is a science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling, originally published in 1985. The story was Sterling's only novel-length treatment of the Shaper/Mechanist universe. Five short stories preceded the novel and are published together with it in a 1996 edition entitled Schismatrix Plus. Schismatrix was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1985,[2] and the British Science Fiction Award in 1986.[3]

  1. ^ Schismatrix Plus, 1995, page viii.
  2. ^ "1985 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  3. ^ "1986 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-08-05.