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Dec 1, 1998 · Distraction paints a picture of a world gone down the tubes in an all too familiar way, but unlike the usual dystopian moanings, Sterling has the guts to imagine a way out; a characteristically optimistic American faith in the endless frontier of science, technology, and freedom from any kind of notion of responsibility.
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Feb 13, 2012 · Distraction. by. Bruce Sterling. Publication date. 1998. Topics. Cultural Literacy and Humanities, Reading Level-Adult. Publisher.
Oct 5, 1999 · Distraction. Mass Market Paperback – October 5, 1999. It's November 2044, an election year, and the state of the Union is a farce. The government is broke, the cities are privately owned, and the military is shaking down citizens in the streets.
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May 17, 2008 · Distraction is the story of an America on the skids: economy in tatters, dollar collapsed, unemployment spiked, population on the move in great, restless herds bound together with networks and...
Mar 13, 2016 · Bruce Sterling’s 1998 Distraction would posit ‘yes’. And it has some damning, if not cynically humorous evidence, to prove it. Intelligently deconstructing the system one satirically-edged scene at a time, Distraction looks at the intersection of commerce and science through the lens of American politics.
Dec 15, 1998 · After his ponderous Holy Fire (1996), Sterling, our former cyberpunk Svengali, is back with a bang with this uproarious, provocative, thoughtful, often hilarious, sometimes inspired medium-future deconstruction of politics, science, economics, and the American Dream.
Standard Shelves. Join Distraction Related Discussion. Start a New Discussion (Visitors Welcome) Updated January 16, 2017. Category: Science Fiction, Arthur C. Clarke Award. Release date: 1998. Bruce Sterling.
