Artificial intelligence in 100 stories. To ready us for the inevitable, here are 100 of the best short stories ever written--most of them by humans--about robots and artificial minds. Read them while you can, learn from them, and make your preparations... From 1837 through to the present day, from Charles Dickens to Cory Doctorow, this collection contains the most diverse collection of robots ever assembled. Anthropomorphic robots, invertebrate AIs, thuggish metal lumps and wisps of manufactured intelligence so delicate if you blinked you might miss them. The literature of robots and artificial intelligence is so wildly diverse, in both tone and intent, that our stories form six...

Simon Ings’ The Smoke is about love, loss and loneliness in an incomprehensible world. Humanity has been split into three different species. Mutual incomprehension has fractured the globe. As humans race to be the first of their kind to reach the stars, another Great War looms. For you, that means returning to Yorkshire and the town of your birth, where factories churn out the parts for gigantic spaceships. You’re done with the pretensions of the capital and its unfathomable architecture. You’re done with the people of the Bund, their easy superiority and unstoppable spread throughout the city of London and beyond. You’re done with Georgy Chernoy and his questionable defeat of...

DISTANT WORLDS, TIME TRAVEL, EPIC ADVENTURE, UNSEEN WONDERS AND MUCH MORE! The best, most original and brightest science fiction and fantasy stories from around the globe from the past twelve months are brought together in one collection by multiple award winning editor Jonathan Strahan. This highly popular series now reaches volume nine and will include stories from both the biggest names in the field and the most exciting new talents. Previous volumes have included stories from Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Cory Doctorow, Stephen Baxter, Elizabeth Bear, Joe Abercrombie, Paolo Bacigalupi, Holly Black, Garth Nix, Jeffrey Ford, Margo Lanagan, Bruce Sterling, Adam Robets, Ellen Klages, and many...

Книга, которую критики назвали «Рэгтаймом XXI века». Роман-калейдоскоп, в котором сложно и тонко переплетаются судьбы наивной деревенской девчонки и звезды, страдающей анорексией, невротика-ученого, разочаровавшегося в хипповых идеалах шестидесятника, обаятельного пофигиста «поколения X» и астронавта легендарного «Аполлона-13». Роман, буквально впитавший в себя дух конца XX века — во всей его полноте и многогранности, во всем трагизме и фарсе.

This second volume of the Alien Sex anthology series brings together authors Neil Gaiman, Robert Silverberg, Samuel R. Delany, Joyce Carol Oates, Elizabeth Hand, and many others to explore the mysteries of sex, alien and human alike. From an alien spy who falls in love with one of the earthlings he’s monitoring, to a woman whose souvenir dream-catcher calls to her bedroom more than she bargained for, to a genetically engineered sex object aboard a space station, these thought-provoking tales of alien sex open up new worlds for fantastical exploration.

Кевин АНДЕРСОН. МАСКАРАД-КЛУБ Этим подросткам пророчат большое будущее, но лишь в том случае, если они сумеют выйти из себя. Филип ДЖЕННИНГС. ПУТЬ В РЕАЛЬНОСТЬ Они могут принимать самые невероятные обличья, они готовы терраформировать целые планеты, но не способны изменить человеческую природу. Дэвид МАРУСЕК. СВАДЕБНЫЙ АЛЬБОМ Вам не приходилось задумываться: человек вы или бинарная система? Майкл СУЭНВИК. ДЕМОН ИЗ СЕТИ …или Кибершариков при дворе королевы Глорианы. Саймон ИНГС. ВДВОЕМ Весьма радикальный способ мирного сосуществования. Впрочем, как выясняется, не такого уж мирного. Джеффри ЛЭНДИС. ДОЛГАЯ ПОГОНЯ И все это...