Madeline Ashby is een sciencefictionauteur en consultant op het gebied van strategische foresight. Haar literaire werken duiken in de diepten van technologische vooruitgang en de impact ervan op de mensheid. Ashby onderzoekt nauwgezet complexe ethische kwesties en de voortdurend evoluerende relatie tussen mens en machine. Haar verhalen worden gekenmerkt door scherpzinnige vooruitziendheid en een uniek perspectief op het heden.
A comical futurist fantasy, first published in 1904, about a tradition-loving suburban London community of the 1980's at war with its modernizing neighbors. 7 illustrations by W. Graham Robertson. New Introduction by Martin Gardner.
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The explosive and eagerly awaited conclusion to the award-nominated Machine Dynasty trilogy.
Featuring a diverse collection of short stories, this anthology showcases the imaginative works of both renowned and rising authors in contemporary science fiction. With contributions from notable writers such as Carmen Maria Machado, Paolo Bacigalupi, and Emily St. John Mandel, readers can expect a rich exploration of innovative themes and narratives that push the boundaries of the genre. Each story offers a unique perspective, making this anthology a compelling read for science fiction enthusiasts.
Amy Peterson is a self-replicating humanoid robot. For the past five years, she has been grown slowly as part of a mixed organic/synthetic family. She knows very little about her android mother's past, so when her grandmother arrives and attacks her mother, Amy wastes no time: she eats her alive.
New Arcadia is a city sized oil rig off the coast of the Canadian Maritimes, now owned by one very wealthy, powerful, byzantine family. Hwa is of the few people in New Arcadia to forgo bio-engineered enhancements. She's the last truly organic person left on the rig - an outsider, as well as a neglected daughter and bodyguard extraordinaire.
A masterful near future whodunit for fans of Glass Onion and Black Mirror; join a stranded start-up team led by a terrifyingly realistic charismatic billionaire, a deserted tropical island, and a mysterious AI-driven mansion--as the remaining members disappear one by one. A group of employees and their CEO, celebrating the sale of their remarkable emotion-mapping-AI-algorithm, crash onto a not-quite-deserted tropical island. Luckily, those who survived have found a beautiful, fully-stocked private palace, with all the latest technological updates (though one without connection to the outside world). The house, however, has more secrets than anyone might have guessed, and a much darker reason for having been built and left behind. Kristen, the hyper-competent "chief emotional manager" (i.e., the eccentric boyish billionaire-CEO Sumter's idea of an HR department) is trying to keep her colleagues stable throughout this new challenge, but staying sane seems to be as much of a challenge as staying alive. Being a woman in technology has always meant having to be smarter than anyone expects....and Kristen's survival skills are more impressive than anyone knows.