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  • Published: 1 December 2020
  • ISBN: 9780262539258
  • Imprint: MIT Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $39.99

Entanglements

Tomorrow's Lovers, Families, and Friends



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.

12 award-winning science fiction authors from around the world offer original tales of relationships in a future world of evolving technology.

For fans of anthologies like Soonish and Netflix's Black Mirror

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. Imagine genetic alterations to code for altruism, or digital avatars that can interface with other avatars on dating sites, running sample conversations to find appropriate matches, or artificial assistance animals.
 
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 6 Hugos and 2 Nebulas. A full story list:
 
James Patrick Kelly, Your Boyfriend Experience
Mary Robinette Kowal, A Little Wisdom
Nancy Kress, Invisible People
Rich Larson, Echo the Echo
Sam J. Miller, The Nation of the Sick
Annalee Newitz, The Monogamy Hormone
Suzanne Palmer, Don't Mind Me
Cadwell Turnbull, Mediation
Nick Wolven, Sparklybits
Xia Jia, The Monk of Lingyin Temple, translated by Ken Liu    
 
Also includes an interview with Nancy Kress by Lisa Yaszek, and Tatiana Plakhova's beautiful "data abstract" illustrations serve as frontispiece to each of the stories.

  • Published: 1 December 2020
  • ISBN: 9780262539258
  • Imprint: MIT Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $39.99

About the author

Sheila Williams

Sheila Williams was bom and reared in Columbus, Ohio.
She attended Ohio Wesleyan University and is a graduate c
the University of Louisville. Sheila now lives in Newport,
Kentucky with her family.

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Praise for Entanglements

"...probably the best science fiction anthology of the year." --Jonathan Strahan

"...the strongest science fiction anthology of the lot." --Neil Clarke

"...one of the most influential editors in all of science fiction" --Kristine Kathryn Rusch