| Description |
x, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Twelve tomorrows |
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Twelve tomorrows.
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| 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). |
| Note |
"New science fiction inspired by today's emerging technologies" -- Cover |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Science fiction, American.
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Short stories, American.
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Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
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Interpersonal relations. (OCoLC)fst00977397
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Science fiction, American. (OCoLC)fst01108635
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Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Science fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726489
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Science fiction.
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Williams, Sheila, 1956- editor of compilation.
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Kress, Nancy, author.
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Yaszek, Lisa, 1969- contributor.
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Larson, Rich, author.
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Wolven, Nick, 1977- author.
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Kowal, Mary Robinette, 1969- author.
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Kelly, James P. (James Patrick), author.
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Turnbull, Cadwell, 1987- author.
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Miller, Sam J., author.
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Palmer, Suzanne, author.
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Newitz, Annalee, 1969- author.
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Xia, Jia, 1984- author.
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Liu, Ken, 1976- translator.
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Plakhova, Tatiana, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780262539258 (paperback) |
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026253925X (paperback) |
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