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Title: Very hit or miss
Review: "Visionary in Residence" (modest to a fault, Bruce is) is a real mixed bag. There are two or three nifty stories here, and a bunch of forgettable stuff.Sterling seems to be writing fiction out of some sense of obligation these days, not out of a love of it. His old stuff is often great, but anymore he obviously enjoys his Wired columns, his many (many) tech conference keynotes, and his pure design criticism (like the excellentShaping Things) way more. It's almost like he's writing these short stories in order to keep his SF Writer's Club membership card active or something.
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