Entanglements : tomorrow's lovers, families, and friends /
Entanglements : tomorrow's lovers, families, and friends /
Sheila Williams, editor.
- x, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Twelve tomorrows series .
"New science fiction inspired by today's emerging technologies" -- Cover
Invisible people / Profile: Nancy Kress / Echo the echo / Sparklybits / A little wisdom / Your boyfriend experience / Mediation / The nation of the sick / Don't mind me / The monogamy hormone / The monk of Lingyin Temple / Nancy Kress -- Lisa Yaszek -- Rich Larson -- Nick Wolven -- Mary Robinette Kowal -- James Patrick Kelly -- Cadwell Turnbull -- Sam J. Miller -- Suzanne Palmer -- Annalee Newitz -- Xia Jia (translated by Ken Liu).
"In a future world dominated by the technological, people will still be entangled in relationships - romances, friendships, and families. This volume in the Twelve Tomorrow's 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 fungitecutre, and a futuristic love potion. A co-op of mothers attempts to raise a child together, lovers try to resolve their differences by employing a therapeutic sexbot, and a robot helps a woman dealing with Parkinson's disease."--Provided by publisher.
9780262539258 026253925X
2019051424
Science fiction, American.
Short stories, American.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Science fiction.
Short stories.
"New science fiction inspired by today's emerging technologies" -- Cover
Invisible people / Profile: Nancy Kress / Echo the echo / Sparklybits / A little wisdom / Your boyfriend experience / Mediation / The nation of the sick / Don't mind me / The monogamy hormone / The monk of Lingyin Temple / Nancy Kress -- Lisa Yaszek -- Rich Larson -- Nick Wolven -- Mary Robinette Kowal -- James Patrick Kelly -- Cadwell Turnbull -- Sam J. Miller -- Suzanne Palmer -- Annalee Newitz -- Xia Jia (translated by Ken Liu).
"In a future world dominated by the technological, people will still be entangled in relationships - romances, friendships, and families. This volume in the Twelve Tomorrow's 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 fungitecutre, and a futuristic love potion. A co-op of mothers attempts to raise a child together, lovers try to resolve their differences by employing a therapeutic sexbot, and a robot helps a woman dealing with Parkinson's disease."--Provided by publisher.
9780262539258 026253925X
2019051424
Science fiction, American.
Short stories, American.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Science fiction.
Short stories.