Creative Destruction: Science Fiction Stories. Edward M. Lerner

Аннотация:

CREATIVE DESTRUCTION presents 8 science fiction stories – including two short novels – by bestselling author Edward M. Lerner. All deal with the future of technology and computing. <P> The author writes: «Computing is mere decades young, a set of technologies we have scarcely begun to develop. It's already been quite a ride. Now: Imagine every gadget around you becoming ever faster, cheaper, tinier, more interconnected, more intelligent . . . especially more intelligent. The stories in Creative Destruction explore what we could face in the next half century or so: artificial intelligence, malicious software to makes us nostalgic for mere viruses, ever-more-perfect virtual reality, direct neural interfaces to computers, ubiquitous networks, and more. The internet. That was nothing.»<P> Included are:<P> INTRODUCTION, by Stanley Schmidt<BR> FOREWORD, by Edward M. Lerner<BR> THE DAY OF THE RFIDS<BR> SURVIVAL INSTINCT<BR> WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN<BR> BY THE RULES<BR> INIQUITOUS COMPUTING<BR> CATCH A FALLING STAR<BR> SETTLEMENT<BR> CREATIVE DESTRUCTION<P>