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Communications Breakdown: SF Stories about the Future of Connection
| Author: | Jonathan Strahan |
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The MIT Press, 2023 |
| Series: | Twelve Tomorrows: Book 8 |
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1. Twelve Tomorrows 2013 |
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| Book Type: | Anthology |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
An exciting science fiction collection that looks at what future communication might look like and how our shifting relationships with technology could change this most human of capabilities.
In Communications Breakdown, award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan asks some of the world’s best science fiction writers to consider how the very idea of communication might change in the future. Rich terrain for speculation, this anthology brims with human stories about the future face of our age-old need to connect. As cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson said, “The future is already here - it’s just not evenly distributed.” So what happens when inequalities keep the future from everyone’s front door? Who is in control? These stories show humanity’s ability to construct the best possible worlds while also battling our potential to inflict unlimited harm.
Communications Breakdown features contributions from Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Famer Cory Doctorow, the winner of the Times of India AutHer Award Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Hugo Award winner Ian McDonald, as well as an interview with digital privacy activist Chris Gilliard by author and journalist Tim Maughan. Breaking down how we think about communication, Communications Breakdown calls readers to look at how vulnerable our modes of communication - and indeed, we ourselves - are.
Contents
- Introduction (Communications Breakdown) • essay by Jonathan Strahan
- Here Instead of There • novelette by Elizabeth Bear
- Moral Hazard • short story by Cory Doctorow
- Sigh No More • short story by Ian McDonald
- Less Than • novelette by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
- What About Privacy? • interview of Chris Gilliard by Tim Maughan
- The Excommunicates • short story by Ken MacLeod
- Noise Cancellation • short story by S. B. Divya
- My City Is Not a Problem • short story by Tim Maughan
- Cuttlefish • novelette by Anil Menon
- Company Man • novelette by Shiv Ramdas
- At Every Door A Ghost • novelette by Premee Mohamed
- Artwork: Ashley Mackenzie • essay by Ashley Mackenzie
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