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Loading... Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow (2019)by Charlie Jane Anders (Contributor), Kirsten Berg (Editor), Torie Bosch (Editor), Juliet Ulman (Editor)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I read this short story in its French version, translated by [a:Sara Doke|2930261|Sara Doke|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png], and published in the anthology [b:Utopiales 2016|32655423|Utopiales 2016|Gérard Klein|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1476695805s/32655423.jpg|53228504]. The original story can be read online on Slate.com. Click here. It's about a fembot, one of the many Mika Models as they are called, who has killed ( The bot also has all the functions of a proper robot: scanning, sending/receiving information, manipulating manners, etc. And so, its proprietary (the company that manufactured Mika) quickly sends over a lawyer, even if the robot asks for a real one, an independent one. It's not the best story about fembots/sexbots (which do exist in today's world), about AI's, but it does provide food for thought, also in the context of self-driving card, for example. Who is responsible for the acts of a robot? The robot itself? Can/does it have the same rights as a human being? Or is it the owner who's responsible? Or the company that manufactured the robot? Etc., etc. Let's also not forget the manipulative functions of such robots. In other words: Brave New World. All in all, an entertaining and smooth read. For more robot stories, I'll gladly direct you to [a:Isaac Asimov|16667|Isaac Asimov|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1341965730p2/16667.jpg]'s [b:The Complete Robot|50091|The Complete Robot (Robot #0.3)|Isaac Asimov|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1405467461s/50091.jpg|2361910], for example, which I reviewed last year. Entertaining short stories set on near-future Earth. They reminded me of John Wyndham - sci fi light, as I think of it. Nothing too strenuous, just a bunch of clever stories that move current science ahead a few years to see what might happen if certain ideas come to fruition. Very enjoyable, and a book that's easy to whip right through. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:Future Tense Fiction is a collection of electrifying original stories from a veritable who's-who of authors working in speculative literature and science fiction today. Featuring Carmen Maria Machado, Emily St. John Mandel, Charlie Jane Anders, Nnedi Okorafor, Paolo Bacigalupi, Madeline Ashby, Mark Oshiro, Meg Elison, Maureen F. McHugh, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Hannu Rajaniemi, Annalee Newitz, Lee Konstantinou, and Mark Stasenkoâ??Future Tense Fiction points the way forward to the fiction of tomorrow. A disease surveillance robot whose social programming gets put to the test. A future in which everyone receives universal basic incomeâ??but it's still not enough. A futuristic sport, in which all the athletes have been chemically and physically enhanced. An A.I. company that manufactures a neural bridge allowing ordinary people to share their memories. Brimming with excitement and exploring new ideas, the stories collected by the editors of Slate's Future Tense are philosophically ambitious and haunting in their creativity. At times terrifying and heart-wrenching, hilarious and optimistic, this is a collection that ushers in a new age for our world and for the short story. A partnership of Slate, New America, and Arizona State University, Future Tense explores how emerging technologies will change the way we live, in reality and fiction. Future Tense Fiction is a collection of original fiction commissioned by the partne No library descriptions found. |
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Like with most antholologies, one or two stories left me scratching my head, not sure what they were about, where they took place, whether they were lacking or were beyond my limited ability to understand them - even though, scene by scene, they all did keep my interest.
Analee Newitz's "When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis" was one of the best sci-fi stories I've read in a while.
Charlie Jane Anders "The Minnesota Diet" ends the book in a quirky but satisfyingly upbeat way. ( )