<DIV><DIV>"I'm a science fiction writer. This is a golden opportunity to get up to most any mischief imaginable. With this fourth collection of my stories, I'm going to prove this to you."<BR><BR>With these words, Bruce Sterling&#8212;author of New York times Notable Books of the Year and one of the great names in contemporary fiction&#8212;introduces his latest collection of thirteen tales. If you're familiar with his cyberpunk creations you won't be disappointed, but these stories range far beyond the limits of future technology. <i>Visionary in Residence</i> takes the reader to places never imagined and certainly where no one has ever been.<BR></DIV>