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Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft
Future Visions Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft Author:Editors at Microsoft (Editor), Elizabeth Bear, Greg Bear, David Brin, Nancy Kress, Ann Leckie, Jack McDevitt, Seanan McGuire, Robert J. Saywer What happens when you invite a group of sci-fi writers into a research lab? They write a book of short stories, of course. And that’s exactly what happened when Microsoft opened the doors of its research labs to a few of the world’s most prominent and award-winning science fiction writers, resulting in the anthology ‘Futu... more »re Visions: Original Science Fiction Stories Inspired by Microsoft‘. These visionary stories explore: Prediction science; Quantum computing: What happens if you create a feedback loop in a quantum computer?; Machine learning, How far can machine translation go?: Real-time translation: Can a translation error lead to everlasting war and how can that be reversed?; and much more. The contributing authors were inspired by inside access to leading-edge work, including in-person visits to Microsoft’s research labs, to craft new works that predict the near-future of technology and examine its complex relationship to our core humanity.
Contents:
Foreword (Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft) • essay by Harry Shum
Introduction (Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft) • essay by Rick Rashid
Hello, Hello / short story by Seanan McGuire; Hello, Hello • interior artwork by Joey Camacho
The Machine Starts / novelette by Greg Bear; • interior artwork by Joey Camacho
Skin in the Game / short fiction by Elizabeth Bear; • interior artwork by Joey Camacho
Machine Learning / novelette by Nancy Kress; • interior artwork by Joey Camacho
Riding with the Duke / short fiction by Jack McDevitt; • interior artwork by Joey Camacho
A Cop's Eye (cartoon) • interior artwork by Blue Delliquanti and Michele Rosenthal
Looking for Gordo / short fiction by Robert J. Sawyer; • interior artwork by Joey Camacho
The Tell / short fiction by David Brin; • interior artwork by Joey Camacho
Another Word for World / novelette by Ann Leckie; • interior artwork by Joey Camacho