Shapers and Mechanists are the two most powerful groups in the Solar System, waging a fierce, uncompromising struggle among themselves so that only one of them determines the future fate of the human race. And if the former relied on genetic engineering and biotechnology, with the help of which human organisms can adapt to an unusual space environment for them, the latter profess prosthetics, merging people with computers and various mechanical devices. Bruce Sterling’s works about shapers and mechanists are one of the most famous series in modern American fiction. These are classic works in the cyberpunk genre.