Endless Frontier

Who recommended it

1. BS

   Bruce Sterling Science fiction author and critic

   Canon selection

   On Sterling's list for the Manual for Civilization — a biography of Vannevar Bush.

   David Brin, Bruce Sterling & Daniel Suarez – Manual for Civilization Lists↗ Organization pagelongnow.org The Long Now Foundation · 29 Sep 2014 · checked 12 Nov 2026

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