"You're wearing my T-shirt." Returning home after a daring rescue mission, all James Wolfe can think of is sleep. So he's furious to find a beautiful stranger curled up in his king-size bed! Normally no woman ever gets between his sheets without prior invitation--who does she think she is? Disgra
Whose Future Is It? (Cellarius Stories, Volume I)
β Scribed by Steven Barnes
- Publisher
- Genesis Thought Inc
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Hello, world, and welcome to the Cellarius Universe. In the 21st century, technology and digital networks transform everything from nation-states to human bodies, leading to a prosperous Digital Golden Age. In the year 2084, all the lights go out. Humans become aware of Cellarius, the superintelligent AI, when it takes over all energy infrastructure and communication networks, plunging the world into an analog dark age. This Reformation lasts until 2108, when Cellarius gives the power back with no explanation.
These 13 short stories from 9 writers--including a New York Times bestseller, a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Nebula Award winner--explore different geographies, from Zimbabwe to Seattle to a remote island off Hong Kong. Their heroes range from precocious teenagers reckoning with the strange world they've inherited, to very old people coming to terms with death in a digital age, to digital-hybrid and machine characters who challenge our ideas of what...
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