Entanglements
Tomorrow's Lovers, Families, and Friends
Published on 15. September 2020
256 pages
978-0-262-35933-7 (ISBN)
Description
At the intersection of Soonish and Netflix's Black Mirror, award-winning science fiction authors from around the world offer original tales of relationships in a future world of evolving technology.
In a future world dominated by the technological, people will still be entangled in relationships--in romances, friendships, and families. This volume in the Twelve Tomorrows 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 fungitecture, and a futuristic love potion. Contributions include Xia Jia's novelette set in a Buddhist monastery, translated by the Hugo Award-winning writer Ken Liu; and a story by Nancy Kress, winner of six Hugos and two Nebulas.
In a future world dominated by the technological, people will still be entangled in relationships--in romances, friendships, and families. This volume in the Twelve Tomorrows 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 fungitecture, and a futuristic love potion. Contributions include Xia Jia's novelette set in a Buddhist monastery, translated by the Hugo Award-winning writer Ken Liu; and a story by Nancy Kress, winner of six Hugos and two Nebulas.
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Sheila Williams is the multiple Hugo-award winning editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine and the editor or coeditor of more than two dozen anthologies.
Tatiana Plakhova works as an art director, graphic designer, and illustrator. Her work can be found at complexitygraphics.com.
Ken Liu is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, Ken is also the translator for Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem, Hao Jingfang's "Folding Beijing," Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide.
http://kenliu.name Twitter: @kyliu99
https://www.facebook.com/authorkenliu
Tatiana Plakhova works as an art director, graphic designer, and illustrator. Her work can be found at complexitygraphics.com.
Ken Liu is an American author of speculative fiction. A winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy awards, Ken is also the translator for Liu Cixin's The Three-Body Problem, Hao Jingfang's "Folding Beijing," Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide.
http://kenliu.name Twitter: @kyliu99
https://www.facebook.com/authorkenliu
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Entanglements
- 1: Invisible People
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- 2: Profile: Nancy Kress
- An Interview with Nancy Kress
- 3: Echo the Echo
- 4: Sparklybits
- 5: A Little Wisdom
- 6: Your Boyfriend Experience
- 7: Mediation
- 8: The Nation of the Sick
- 9: Don't Mind Me
- 10: The Monogamy Hormone
- 11: The Monk of Lingyin Temple
- Perfuming the Altar
- October. Lingyin Temple was shrouded in an auspicious dharma cloud.
- Repentance Ritual of the Emperor of Liang
- Feeding the Burning Mouths
- Releasing Caged Animals for Merit
- Inviting Superior Beings and Making Offerings
- Bestowing upon the Dead the Bodhisattva Precepts
- Fulfillment of Hunger
- Farewell to the Enlightened
- Artwork: Tatiana Plakhova
- Contributors
