Five stories set in the Shaper/Mechanist universe of Schismatrix (LJ 6/15/85) highlight this collection of 12 sf and fantasy tales (some previously uncollected) by the author of Islands in the Net (LJ 6/15/88). Whether delineating the baroque politics of starfaring humanity ("Cicada Queen") or chronicling a computer-age white knight's adventures in a primitive, antitechnological country ("Green Days in Brunei"), Sterling's ability to zero in on the human element remains undiminished. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Crystal Express (Bruce Sterling)