**Awards** British Science Fiction Association (nominee) Hugo (nominee) Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) The book is a collection of nine short stories telling the tale of three generations of a highly dysfunctional family before, during, and after a technological singularity. It was originally
Accelerando
โ Scribed by Stross, Charles
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group;Ace Books
- Year
- 2005;2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 287 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1101208473
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โฆ Synopsis
The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotechnology runs rampant, replicating and reprogramming at will. Contact with extraterrestrial life grows more imminent with each new day. Struggling to survive and thrive in this accelerated world are three generations of the Macx clan: Manfred, an entrepreneur dealing in intelligence amplification technology whose mind is divided between his physical environment and the Internet; his daughter, Amber, on the run from her domineering mother, seeking her fortune in the outer system as an indentured astronaut; and Sirhan, Amber's son, who finds his destiny linked to the fate of all of humanity. For something is systematically dismantling the nine planets of the solar system. Something beyond human comprehension. Something that has no use for biological life in any form ...
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**Awards** British Science Fiction Association (nominee) Hugo (nominee) Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee) The book is a collection of nine short stories telling the tale of three generations of a highly dysfunctional family before, during, and after a technological singularity. It was originally
The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotechnology runs rampant, replicating and reprogramming at will. Contact with extraterrestrial life grows
{ May 2021 - Verified ebook for complete book description, cover, table of contents, content separation, and epub format error checking. } Paperback, 415 pages Published 2005 Locus Award for Best SF Novel (2006) The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surp