Talk:Bruce Sterling

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New Wave

Deleted: "one of the founders of New Wave" movement in science fiction," (have a look at the New Wave page); could someone with more knowledge than me sort out the relations between the 1960s SF New Wave movement and the 1980s creation of the cyberpunk subgenre? -- till we *) 10:48, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Shaping Things

What about his new book "shaping things" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.25.225.140 (talk • contribs) date.

Shaping Things is listed under non-fiction, although there is no seperate article about it as of yet. --GregoryEvans01 19:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Lobsters

cay someone add to Cyborg article. a quotation from "Cicada Queen" about the way how Lobsters a made? 'coz mentioning Lobsters in Cyborg has a tag

Kiosk

I'm pretty sure Kiosk is a novella that appeared in F&SF -- is it really coming out as a separate publication? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paul R. Potts (talk • contribs) 17:16, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

Personal

Should this include who his parents were, and education? Eav (talk) 06:15, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Can I expand on his childhood? This would also meaning editing the first sentence of this section, but I want to be sure not to step on any toes. --Deja.Sams (talk) 16:22, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

Image

Bruce Sterling and his wife, Jasmina, friends of mine, have asked me to replace the image on this article. They provided a substitute image which they had permission to use. I've replaced the image twice, and twice it's been removed, though the second time I indicated that the photographer was willing to license according to Wikipedia's preferences. I found a message today telling me that I should forward an email indicating permission to a wikipedia address, which I've done. We'll see what the response is. Meanwhile I'm removing the current image because they don't want it to appear.Jonl (talk) 04:17, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Hello Jonl, sorry for the trouble with the image; copyright is taken very seriously on Wikipedia and it is sometimes difficult for newcomers to navigate. The image was removed from the article automatically by a bot, because it lacked evidence of permission. All you need to provide at this point is a link to a webpage where the copyright holder explicitly releases it under the GFDL, or an email saying the same thing sent to permissions-en@wikimedia.org. An alternative is for the photographer to upload it (preferably in high resolution) upload it at Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org), or at Flickr, under a free licence such as the GFDL or a declaration that they release the image into the public domain. Note that the decision of which image to use is up to the editors of the article, not the subject, and if the image provided is deemed of less encyclopaedic value than an alternative, it is unlikely to be used. Please feel free to ask if you have any questions or need help with anything else. Regards, Skomorokh 04:53, 20 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the response, Skomorokh. I'm not really a newcomer, but it's been a while since I added an image. I understand the copyright issue completely. I forwarded the email giving peremission to the above address several days ago, and I've had no response. I'll add the image once more and assume we'll be okay. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jonl (talk • contribs) 19:02, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

Sounds great. I would note that your preferred image may not end up being the one used, as it's ultimately up to editorial consensus rather than the subject's wishes which content is included. Hope it all works out, Skomorokh 19:13, 22 March 2009 (UTC)

I can't imagine that the editors would be hostile to the wishes of the subject in this context. Jonl (talk) 02:45, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Jonl, how are we to know that you are in contact with Bruce Sterling? 71.106.161.193 (talk) 23:56, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

Who is "we"? Are you a Wikipedia editor? I suppose you could use Google to verify whether I actually have a relationship with Bruce Sterling, for starters. He and Jasmina just didn't happen to be as conversant with Wikipedia tech and policy as I am - and I'm certainly learning more through this image issue-I do appreciate the rigor. (You could contact Bruce and ask him. How do you normally verify that sort of thing?) Also I see that Pablo just copied me noting that he's sent permission via email, so we should be good with adding this image. Jonl (talk) 11:58, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

John Brunner?

The article quotes Sterling along with William Gibson, Rudy Rucker, John Shirley, Lewis Shiner, and Pat Cadigan as one of the founders of the cyberpunk movement in science fiction. I think, if the list should be kept at all, we should add John Brunner (novelist) too. Interstellarpoliceman (talk)

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