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Entanglements : tomorrow's lovers, families, and friends / Sheila Williams, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Twelve tomorrows seriesPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]Description: x, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780262539258
  • 026253925X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Invisible people / Nancy Kress -- Profile: Nancy Kress / Lisa Yaszek -- Echo the echo / Rich Larson -- Sparklybits / Nick Wolven -- A little wisdom / Mary Robinette Kowal -- Your boyfriend experience / James Patrick Kelly -- Mediation / Cadwell Turnbull -- The nation of the sick / Sam J. Miller -- Don't mind me / Suzanne Palmer -- The monogamy hormone / Annalee Newitz -- The monk of Lingyin Temple / Xia Jia (translated by Ken Liu).
Summary: "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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Science Fiction/Fantasy WILLIAMS SHEILA Available 33111010405054
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

12 award-winning science fiction authors from around the world offer original tales of relationships in a future world of evolving technology.

For fans of anthologies like Soonish and Netflix's Black Mirror

In a future world dominated by the technological, people will still be entangled in relationships-in romances, friendships, and families. This volume in the Twelve Tomorrows 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 fungitecture, and a futuristic love potion. Imagine genetic alterations to code for altruism, or digital avatars that can interface with other avatars on dating sites, running sample conversations to find appropriate matches, or artificial assistance animals.

Contributions include Xia Jia's novelette set in a Buddhist monastery, translated by the Hugo Award-winning writer Ken Liu ; and a story by Nancy Kress , winner of 6 Hugos and 2 Nebulas. A full story list-

James Patrick Kelly , Your Boyfriend Experience
Mary Robinette Kowal , A Little Wisdom
Nancy Kress , Invisible People
Rich Larson , Echo the Echo
Sam J. Miller , The Nation of the Sick
Annalee Newitz , The Monogamy Hormone
Suzanne Palmer , Don't Mind Me
Cadwell Turnbull , Mediation
Nick Wolven , Sparklybits
Xia Jia , The Monk of Lingyin Temple, translated by Ken Liu

Also includes an interview with Nancy Kress by Lisa Yaszek , and Tatiana Plakhova's beautiful "data abstract" illustrations serve as frontispiece to each of the stories.

Invisible people / Nancy Kress -- Profile: Nancy Kress / Lisa Yaszek -- Echo the echo / Rich Larson -- Sparklybits / Nick Wolven -- A little wisdom / Mary Robinette Kowal -- Your boyfriend experience / James Patrick Kelly -- Mediation / Cadwell Turnbull -- The nation of the sick / Sam J. Miller -- Don't mind me / Suzanne Palmer -- The monogamy hormone / Annalee Newitz -- The monk of Lingyin Temple / Xia Jia (translated by Ken Liu).

"New science fiction inspired by today's emerging technologies" -- Cover

"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.

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