Ace Books

Bruce Sterling has called his Shaper/Mechanist novel Schismatrix `my favorite among my books.` It is a detailed history of a spacefaring humanity divided into two camps: The Shapers, who prefer genetic enhancements, and the Mechanists, who rely on prosthetics. .Please note: This is a used book in worn but acceptable condition.

Four hundred years in the future, in a world transformed by faster-than-light travel and the development of the Eschaton, a sentient artificial intelligence, the colony of New Republic, founded by people who wanted no part of the technological revolution, is threatened by an information plague of advanced technology that ignites chaos in the beleaguered colony.Please note: This is a used book in good condition.

When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesnt take him long to discover that someone is trying to kill him. Its the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees personalities and target historians. The civil war is over and Robin has been demobilized, but someone wants him out of the picture because of something his earlier self knew. On the run from a ruthless pursuer and...