Shapers and Mechanists

Shapers and mechanists are the two most powerful factions of the Solar System, locked in a ruthless, uncompromising struggle over who will determine the fate of the human race in the future. And if the first have placed their bets on genetic engineering and biotechnologies—through which human organisms can adapt to the unusual cosmic environment—then the second faction adheres to prosthetics: merging people with computers and all sorts of mechanical devices.

Bruce Sterling’s works about the Shapers and mechanists are among the most famous series in modern American science fiction. These are classic works of the “cyberpunk” genre.

List of stories:

1 The Swarm

2 Spider Rose

3 The Queen of Cicadas

4 Twenty Pages from the Past

5 Deep Gardens