| Holy Fire | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Bruce Sterling |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
| Publication date | July 1996 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 294 pp |
| ISBN | 0-553-09958-2 |
| OCLC Number | 34513313 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 20 |
| LC Classification | PS3569.T3876 H6 1996 |
Holy Fire is a 1996 science fiction novel by cyberpunk writer Bruce Sterling. It was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award in 1996,[1] and for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1997.[2]
Holy Fire is the story of an old woman who has gained a second youth—in a world in which radical life extension is available through highly intrusive technological means—and who has an ontological transformation as a result.
It is considered one of the more literary cyberpunk novels of the 1990s, and has won a cult following among younger writers and futurists, especially those in the bright green camp. Charles Stross has recommended it.[3]