Making the Other We Need / Jonathan Strahan -- A Guide for Working Breeds / Vina Jie-Min Prasad -- Test 4 Echo / Peter Watts -- The Endless / Saad Z. Hossain -- Brother Rifle / Daryl Gregory -- The Hurt Pattern / Tochi Onyebuchi -- Idols / Ken Liu -- Bigger Fish / Sarah Pinsker -- Sonnie's Union / Peter F. Hamilton -- Dancing with Death / John Chu -- Polished Performance / Alastair Reynolds -- An Elephant Never Forgets / Rich Larson -- The Translator / Annalee Newitz -- Sin Eater / Ian R. MacLeod -- Fairy Tales for Robots / Sofia Samatar -- Chiaroscuro in Red / Suzanne Palmer -- A Glossary of Radicalization / Brooke Bolander.
Summary:
"A cutting-edge anthology, published on the 100th anniversary of the word Robot, exploring the impact it has had on the world, the possibilities and place of robots in society going forwards. 100 years after Karel Capek introduced the word with his play R.U.R. Robots are an everyday idea, and the inspiration for countless stories in books, film, TV and games. They are often among the least privileged, most unfairly used of us, and the more robots are like humans, the more interesting they become. This collection of stories is where robots stand in for us, where both we and they are disadvantaged, and where hope and optimism shines through."--Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.