Bibliograph

Robot uprisings, edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams

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Robot uprisings, edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Robot uprisings

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electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams

Summary

Presents a collection of science fiction short stories about robots and the future, examining the possibilities of malfunction, revolt, and terror"As real robots creep into our lives, so does a sense of fear--we have all wondered what horrifying scenarious might unfold if our technology were to go awry. This anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the machines we live with. With contributions by Alan Dean Foster, Charles Yu, Hugh Howey, Daniel H. Wilson, Corey Doctorow, Ian McDonald, Ernie Cline, Jeff Abbott, Robin Wasserman, and Anna North, Robot Uprisings contains meticulously described, exhilarating trips to futures in which humans can only survive by being more clever and tenacious than the rebellious machines they have unwittingly created"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Complex God / Scott Sigler -- Cycles / Charles Yu -- Lullaby / Anna North -- Eighty miles an hour all the way to Paradise / Genevieve Valentine -- Executable / Hugh Howey -- The omnibot incident / Ernest Cline -- Epoch / Cory Doctorow -- Human intelligence / Jeff Abbott -- The golden hour / Julianna Baggott -- Sleepover / Alastair Reynolds -- Seasoning / Alan Dean Foster -- Nanonauts! in battle with tiny death-subs! / Ian McDonald -- Of dying heroes and deathless deeds / Robin Wasserman -- The robot and the baby / John McCarthy -- We are all misfit toys in the aftermath of the velveteen War / Seanan McGuire -- Spider the artist / Nnedi Okorafor -- Small things / Daniel H. Wilson

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