Cadwell Turnbull, Nick Wolven, Xia Jia, Ken Liu, Lisa Yaszek, James Patrick Kelly, Mary Robinette Kowal, Nancy Kress, Rich Larson, Sam J. Miller, Annalee Newitz, Suzanne Palmer

Entanglements (eBook, ePUB)

Tomorrow's Lovers, Families, and Friends
Redaktion: Williams, Sheila / Illustrator: Plakhova, Tatiana

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

12 award-winning science fiction authors from around the world offer original tales of relationships in a future world of evolving technology. For fans of anthologies like Soonish and Netflix's Black Mirror In a future world dominated by the technological, people will still be entangled in relationships-in romances, friendships, and families. This volume in the Twelve Tomorrows series considers the effects that scientific and technological discoveries will have on the emotional bonds that hold us together. The strange new worlds in these stories feature AI family therapy, floating fungitecture, and a futuristic love potion. Imagine genetic alterations to code for altruism, or digital avatars that can interface with other avatars on dating sites, running sample conversations to find appropriate matches, or artificial assistance animals. Contributions include Xia Jia's novelette set in a Buddhist monastery, translated by the Hugo Award-winning writer Ken Liu; and a story by Nancy Kress, winner of 6 Hugos and 2 Nebulas. A full story list: James Patrick Kelly, Your Boyfriend Experience Mary Robinette Kowal, A Little Wisdom Nancy Kress, Invisible People Rich Larson, Echo the Echo Sam J. Miller, The Nation of the Sick Annalee Newitz, The Monogamy Hormone Suzanne Palmer, Don't Mind Me Cadwell Turnbull, Mediation Nick Wolven, Sparklybits Xia Jia, The Monk of Lingyin Temple, translated by Ken Liu Also includes an interview with Nancy Kress by Lisa Yaszek, and Tatiana Plakhova's beautiful "data abstract" illustrations serve as frontispiece to each of the stories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780262359337
• Artikelnr.: 58671713

Autorenporträt

Sheila Williams is the multiple Hugo-award winning editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine and the editor or coeditor of more than two dozen anthologies. Tatiana Plakhova works as an art director, graphic designer, and illustrator. Her work can be found at complexitygraphics.com. Ken Liu is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, Ken is also the translator for Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem, Hao Jingfang's "Folding Beijing," Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide. http://kenliu.name Twitter: @kyliu99 https://www.facebook.com/authorkenliu