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Futures from Nature (2007)

by Henry Gee (Editor)

Other authors: Brian Aldiss (Contributor), Gilles Amon (Contributor), Neal Asher (Contributor), Neal Balding (Contributor), Stephen Baxter (Contributor)94 more, Barrington J. Bayley (Contributor), Greg Bear (Contributor), Gregory Benford (Contributor), Lucy Bergman (Contributor), David Berreby (Contributor), Tobias S. Buckell (Contributor), John L. Casti (Contributor), Arthur Chrenkoff (Contributor), Arthur C. Clarke (Contributor), Jack Cohen (Contributor), Ron Collins (Contributor), Brenda Cooper (Contributor), Kathryn Cramer (Contributor), Jeff Crook (Contributor), Penelope Kim Crowther (Contributor), Roland Denison (Contributor), Paul Di Filippo (Contributor), Cory Doctorow (Contributor), David Eagleman (Contributor), Greg Egan (Contributor), Warren Ellis (Contributor), Michael Garrett Farrelly (Contributor), John M. Ford (Contributor), James Alan Gardner (Contributor), John Gilbey (Contributor), Jim Giles (Contributor), Hiromi Goto (Contributor), Nicola Griffith (Contributor), Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Contributor), Eileen Gunn (Contributor), Joe Haldeman (Contributor), Peter F. Hamilton (Contributor), Harry Harrison (Contributor), Jeff Hecht (Contributor), Frederic Heeren (Contributor), Tom Holt (Contributor), Nalo Hopkinson (Contributor), Gwyneth Jones (Contributor), Ellen Klages (Contributor), Jim Kling (Contributor), Nancy Kress (Contributor), Larissa Lai (Contributor), Geoffrey A. Landis (Contributor), David Langford (Contributor), Reinaldo José Lopes (Contributor), Ian R. MacLeod (Contributor), Ken MacLeod (Contributor), Elizabeth Malartre (Contributor), David Marusek (Contributor), Neil Mathur (Contributor), Paul McAuley (Contributor), Jack McDevitt (Contributor), Vonda N. McIntyre (Contributor), Donna McMahon (Contributor), Robert A. Metzger (Contributor), Paul Steven Miller (Contributor), Syne Mitchell (Contributor), Michael Moorcock (Contributor), Oliver Morton (Contributor), Euan Nisbet (Contributor), Salvador Nogueira (Contributor), Gareth Owens (Contributor), Ashley Pellegrino (Contributor), Frederick Pohl (Contributor), Mike Resnick (Contributor), Alastair Reynolds (Contributor), Peter Roberts (Contributor), Kim Stanley Robinson (Contributor), Justina Robson (Contributor), Benjamin Rosenbaum (Contributor), Rudy Rucker (Contributor), Robert J. Sawyer (Contributor), Catherine H. Shaffer (Contributor), Biren Shah (Contributor), Robert Silverberg (Contributor), Dan Simmons (Contributor), Joan Slonczewski (Contributor), Paul Smaglik (Contributor), Norman Spinrad (Contributor), Bruce Sterling (Contributor), Ian Stewart (Contributor), Charles Stross (Contributor), Igor Teper (Contributor), Scarlett Thomas (Contributor), Joan D. Vinge (Contributor), Vernor Vinge (Contributor), Theo von Hohenheim (Contributor), Ian Watson (Contributor), Matt Weber (Contributor), Scott Westerfeld (Contributor), Ian Whates (Contributor), Heather M. Whitney (Contributor), Robert Charles Wilson (Contributor), K. Erik Ziemelis (Contributor)

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Here are 100 very short stories on the subject of the future and what it might be like. The authors include scientists, journalists, and many of the most famous SF writers in the world. "Futures from Nature" includes everything from satires and vignettes to compressed stories and fictional book reviews, science articles, and journalism, in eight-hundred word modules. All of them are entertaining and as a group they are a startling repository of ideas and attitudes about the future. Appearing in book form fo the first time, these one hundred pieces were originally published in the great science journal, "Nature," between 1999 and 2006, as one-page features. That proved very popular with the readers of the journal. This is a unique book, by scientists and writers, of interest to any reader who might like to speculate about the future. With stories from: Arthur C. Clarke; Bruce Sterling; Charles Stross; Cory Doctorow; Greg Bear; Gregory Benford; Oliver Morton; Ian Macleod; Rudy Rucker; Greg Egan; Stephan Baxter; Barrington J. Bayley; Brian Stableford; Frederik Pohl; Vernor Vinge; Nancy Kress, Michael Moorcock, Vonda N. McIntyr; Kim Stanley Robinson; John M. Ford; and eighty more.… (more)
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couldn't past the first couple of pages and the book is science fiction, I don't like sci-fi ( )
  KimSalyers | Oct 2, 2016 |
This collection could have probably been trimmed down a bit. Even though all the stories are relatively short, I'd recommend just reading a few at time, or they all begin to blur and lose their individuality, so to speak. ( )
  JonathanGorman | Nov 11, 2011 |
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"With about 100 stories to go through, it's a great way to try out different authors and ideas. It's really a tasting menu of science fiction. The short format is great for exposing you to as many authors as possible, and it also allows them to dabble in ideas that might not warrant a novel or aren't quite fully developed yet.

The short format is also why it took me so long to read. I originally thought it would be a breeze to read through, since the stories were so short. But because there's so little space, each story is incredibly dense. They have express an entire world within two pages, so a lot of things can't be fully explained and have to be puzzled out from the little context that is there. Sometimes a world doesn't start to make sense until the very end of a story, which means I end up going back and rereading it to pull it together as a whole." ( )
1 vote lampbane | Jun 11, 2009 |
An excellent collection for lovers of good science fiction stories - who also have a very short attention span. The stories, originally published in the prestigious science *fact* journal Nature, never covered more than one page in the journal, and rarely more than two in this volume. Without exception, each contribution is engrossing, thought-provoking, and great fun.
1 vote mdalton216 | Aug 20, 2008 |
couldn't past the first couple of pages and the book is science fiction, I don't like sci-fi ( )
  KimSalyers | Oct 8, 2016 |
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Considered purely as an exercising in finding out what sort of thing captures the imagination of a working scientist, this is a fantastic little journey.
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Here are 100 very short stories on the subject of the future and what it might be like. The authors include scientists, journalists, and many of the most famous SF writers in the world. "Futures from Nature" includes everything from satires and vignettes to compressed stories and fictional book reviews, science articles, and journalism, in eight-hundred word modules. All of them are entertaining and as a group they are a startling repository of ideas and attitudes about the future. Appearing in book form fo the first time, these one hundred pieces were originally published in the great science journal, "Nature," between 1999 and 2006, as one-page features. That proved very popular with the readers of the journal. This is a unique book, by scientists and writers, of interest to any reader who might like to speculate about the future. With stories from: Arthur C. Clarke; Bruce Sterling; Charles Stross; Cory Doctorow; Greg Bear; Gregory Benford; Oliver Morton; Ian Macleod; Rudy Rucker; Greg Egan; Stephan Baxter; Barrington J. Bayley; Brian Stableford; Frederik Pohl; Vernor Vinge; Nancy Kress, Michael Moorcock, Vonda N. McIntyr; Kim Stanley Robinson; John M. Ford; and eighty more.

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Anthology contains:
  • Introduction: Nostalgia for the Future / Henry Gee
  • Cognitive Ability and the Light Bulb / Brian Aldiss
  • Don't Imitate / Gilles Amon
  • Check Elastic Before Jumping / Neal Asher
  • Twenty2 / Nate Balding
  • Under Martian Ice / Stephen Baxter
  • Party Smart Card / Barrington J. Bayley
  • Ram Shift Phase 2 / Greg Bear
  • A Life with a Semisent / Gregory Benford
  • Damned If You Don't / Lucy Bergman
  • The Punishment Fits the Crime / David Berreby
  • Toy Planes / Tobias S. Buckell
  • A Concrete Example / J. Casti and Others
  • The Aching of Dion Harper / Arthur Chrenkoff
  • Improving the Neighborhood / Arthur C. Clarke
  • Omphalosphere: New York 2057 / Jack Cohen
  • Picasso's Cat / Ron Collins
  • My Grandfather's River / Brenda Cooper
  • Sandcastles: A Dystopia / Kathryn Cramer
  • Adam's Hot Dogs at the End of the World / Jeff Crook
  • The Party's Over / Penelope Kim Crowther
  • Transport of Delight / Roland Denison
  • The Perfect Lover / Paul DiFilippo
  • Printcrime / Cory Doctorow
  • A Brief History of Death Switches / David Eagleman
  • Only Connect / Greg Egan
  • At the Zoo / Warren Ellis
  • The Liquidators / Michael Garrett Farrelly
  • In the Days of the Comet / John M. Ford
  • Ars Longa, Vita Brevis / James Alan Gardner
  • Are We Not Men? / Henry Gee
  • It Never Rains in VR / John Gilbey
  • Gordy Gave Me Your Name / Jim Giles
  • Nostalgia / Hiromi Goto
  • Spawn of Satan? / Nicola Griffith
  • Take Over / Jon Courtenay Grimwood
  • Speak, Geek / Eileen Gunn
  • Heartwired / Joe Haldeman
  • The Forever Kitten / Peter F. Hamilton
  • The Road to the Year 3000 / Harry Harrison
  • Operation Tesla / Jeff Hecht
  • Making the Sale / Fredric Heeren
  • Subpoenaed in Syracuse / Tom Holt
  • Men Sell Not Such in Any Town / Nalo Hopkinson
  • Total Internal Reflection / Gwyneth Jones
  • Ringing Up Baby / Elen Klages
  • Semi-Autonomous / Jim Kling
  • Product Development / Nancy Kress
  • I Love Liver: A Romance / Larissa Lai
  • Avatars in Space / Geoffrey A. Landis
  • COMP. BASILISK FAQ / David Langford
  • Gathering of the Clans / Reinaldo José Lopes
  • Taking Good Care of Myself / Ian R. MacLeod
  • Undead Again / Ken MacLeod
  • Words, Words, Words / Elisabeth Malartre
  • My Morning Glory / David Marusek
  • Don't Mention the "F" Word / Neil Mathur
  • Meat / Paul McAuley
  • The Candidate / Jack McDevitt
  • A Modest Proposal for the Perfection of Nature / Vonda N. McIntyre
  • The Republic of George's Island / Donna McMahon
  • The Stars My Incarnation / Robert A. Metzger
  • The Computiful Game / Paul Steven Miller
  • Oscar Night, 2054 / Syne Mitchell
  • The Visible Men / Michael Moorcock
  • The Albian Message / Oliver Morton
  • Photons Do Not Lie / Euan Nisbet
  • Stranger in the Night / Salvador Nogueira
  • Tick-Tock Curly-Wurly / Gareth Owens
  • Daddy's Slight Miscalculation / Ashley Pellegrino
  • Brain Drain / Frederik Pohl
  • Great Unreported Discoveries No. 163 / Mike Resnick
  • Feeling Rejected / Alastair Reynolds
  • The Trial of Jeremy Owens / Peter Roberts
  • Prometheus Unbound, At Last / Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Dreadnought / Justina Robson
  • Falling / Benjamin Rosenbaum
  • Panpsychism Proved / Rudy Rucker
  • The Abdication of Pope Mary III / Robert J. Sawyer
  • The Charge-Up Man / Catherine H. Shaffer
  • From the Desk of Jarrod Foster / Biren Shah
  • Pluto Story / Robert Silverberg
  • Madame Bovary, C'est Moi / Dan Simmons
  • Tuberculosis Bacteria Join UN / Joan Slonczewski
  • For He on Honeydew Hath Fed ... / Paul Smaglik
  • A Man of the Theater / Norman Sprinrad
  • Ivory Tower / Bruce Sterling
  • Play It Again, Psam / Ian Stewart
  • MAXO Signals / Charles Stross
  • Golden Year / Igor Teper
  • Paratext / Scarlett Thomas
  • Murphy's Cat / Joan D. Vinge
  • Win a Nobel Prize! / Vernor Vinge
  • A Leap of Faith / Theo Von Hohenheim
  • Nadia's Nector / Ian Watson
  • Statler Pulchrifex / Matt Weber
  • All Is Not Lost / Scott Westerfeld
  • The Key / Ian Whates
  • The Godmother Protocols / Heather M. Whitney
  • The Great Good-Bye / Robert Charles Wilson
  • Pigs on the Wing / K. Erik Ziemelis
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