The Robot Chronicles - Softcover

Peralta, Samuel; Webb, Endi; Gould, Deirdre; Croft, Nina; Meek, A.K.; Adams, David; Christy, Ann; Fitzgerald, Patrice; Davies, WJ; Gurley, Jason; Simpson, David; Mather, Matthew; Howey, Hugh; Gatewood, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500600628 ISBN 13: 9781500600624

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Robots. Androids. Artificial Intelligence. Scientists predict that the "singularity" -- the moment when mankind designs the first greater-than-human intelligence -- is nearly within our grasp. Believe it or not, truly sentient machines may be a reality within as little as 20 years.

Will these "post-human" intelligences be our friends? Our servants? Our rivals? What will we learn from them? What will they learn from us? Will we allow them to lead their own lives? Will they have basic human rights? Will we? Science and society will be forced to address these questions sooner than you think. But science fiction is addressing these questions today.

In The Robot Chronicles, thirteen of today's top sci-fi writers explore the approaching collision of humanity and technology.

About this title

About the Author:

Created by Samuel Peralta - series editor and a Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy notable author in his own right - The Future Chronicles is the #1 bestselling anthology series that brings together work from visionary new voices and from the grandmasters of modern speculative fiction.

Its unique take on major science fiction and fantasy themes - A.I., time travel, dragons, robots, aliens, zombies, immortality, galactic battles, cyborgs, doomsday - has made it one of the most acclaimed anthology series of the digital era.

Review:

★★★★★
"The best place to discover new SF authors, I think, is any of the anthologies coming from Samuel Peralta" 
-- Hugh Howey, NY Times bestselling author of Wool

★★★★★
"A powerful new voice in speculative fiction" 
-- Nick Webb, USA Today bestselling author of the Legacy Fleet trilogy

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1500600628
• ISBN 13: 9781500600624
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 398