Editing Schismatrix (section)

{{Short description|1985 science fiction novel by Bruce Sterling}}
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{{Infobox book  | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name           = Schismatrix
| image          = Schismatrix(1stEd).jpg
| caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)
| author         = [[Bruce Sterling]]
| cover_artist   = [[Ron Walotsky]]
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| genre          = [[Science fiction]] novel
| publisher      = [[Arbor House Publishing Company]] 
| release_date   = June 1985 
| media_type     = Print (hardback & paperback)
| pages          = 288 (Hardcover)
| isbn           = 0-87795-645-6 
| dewey= 813/.54 19
| congress= PS3569.T3876 S3 1985
| oclc= 11532380
}}

'''''Schismatrix''''' ({{IPAc-en|s|k|ɪ|z|ˈ|m|æ|t|r|ɪ|k|s}})<ref name="pron">''Schismatrix Plus'', 1995, page viii.</ref> is a [[science fiction]] novel by [[Bruce Sterling]], originally published in 1985.  The story was Sterling's only novel-length treatment of the [[Shaper/Mechanist]] universe.  Five [[short story|short stories]] preceded the novel and are published together with it in a 1996 edition entitled ''Schismatrix Plus''. ''Schismatrix'' was nominated for the [[Nebula Award]] for [[Nebula Award for Best Novel|Best Novel]] in 1985,<ref name="WWE-1985">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1985 
| title = 1985 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-08-05
}}</ref> and the British Science Fiction Award in 1986.<ref name="WWE-1986">{{cite web
| url = http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1986 
| title = 1986 Award Winners & Nominees
| work = Worlds Without End
| access-date=2009-08-05
}}</ref>