"the typical bruce sterling fan is a computer-science major in some midwestern university.
'stelarc' is a john shirley fan. stelarc is an Australian performance artist who has an artificial
third hand, sometimes bounces lasers off his eyeballs, and used to suspend his naked body
in midair by piercing his flesh with meathooks. i had lunch with stelarc recently.
i was surprised how much i enjoyed stelarc's company
and how much he genuinely reminded me of john." -- bruce sterling