“The Bottle Imp.” Painting by Rudy Rucker

The Bottle Imps is the newest story by Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling. Read all eleven of their tales in the 2nd edition of their anthology, Transreal Cyberpunk .

Transreal Cyberpunk by Rudy Rucker and Bruce Sterling. Image: Rudy Rucker

Amazon page for e-book and paperback.

Universal e-book link.

Transreal Cyberpunk page. Bruce & Rudy read the stories.

Eleven wild, weird and wondrous stories, written by Rucker and Sterling. What do you get if two cyberpunk masters spend forty years writing tales about transreal warped versions of themselves? A unique perspective on giant ants, flying jellyfish, Soviet rocketeers, runaway genomics, AI, and the death of the Universe. With notes by the OG Cyberpunk authors themselves, and an admiring introduction by SF scholar Rob Latham. This is the 2nd edition, and includes two extra tales.…