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Entanglements : tomorrow's lovers, families, and friends / Sheila Williams, editor.
LIBRA PS648.S3 T83 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kress, Nancy, author.
- Larson, Rich, author.
- Wolven, Nick, 1977- author.
- Kowal, Mary Robinette, 1969- author.
- Kelly, James P. (James Patrick), author.
- Turnbull, Cadwell, 1987- author.
- Miller, Sam J., author.
- Palmer, Suzanne, author.
- Newitz, Annalee, 1969- author.
- Xia, Jia, 1984- author.
- Series:
- Twelve tomorrows.
- Twelve tomorrows
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, American.
- Short stories, American.
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Genre:
- Short stories, American.
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- x, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2020]
- 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.
- 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 monogomy hormone / Annalee Newitz
- The monk of Lingyin Temple / Xia Jia (translated by Ken Liu).
- Notes:
- "New science fiction inspired by today's emerging technologies" -- Cover
- ISBN:
- 9780262539258
- 026253925X
- OCLC:
- 1129394007
- Publisher Number:
- 99985421355
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