Alexander Weinstein Libros

A hypnotic collection of speculative fiction about compassion, love, and human resilience in the technological hyper-age, from Alexander Weinstein, author of Children of the New World.

AN EXTRAORDINARILY RESONANT AND PROPHETIC COLLECTION OF SPECULATIVE SHORT FICTION FOR OUR TECH-SAVVY ERA BY DEBUT AUTHOR ALEXANDER WEINSTEINChildren of the New World introduces readers to a near-future world of social media implants, memory manufacturers, dangerously immersive virtual reality games, and alarmingly intuitive robots. Many of these characters live in a utopian future of instant connection and technological gratification that belies an unbridgeable human distance, while others inhabit a post-collapse landscape made primitive by disaster, which they must work to rebuild as we once did millennia ago.In “The Cartographers,” the main character works for a company that creates and sells virtual memories, while struggling to maintain a real-world relationship sabotaged by an addiction to his own creations. In “Saying Goodbye to Yang,” the robotic brother of an adopted Chinese child malfunctions, and only in his absence does the family realize how real a son he has become.Children of the New World grapples with our unease in this modern world and how our ever-growing dependence on new technologies has changed the shape of our society. Alexander Weinstein is a visionary new voice in speculative fiction for all of us who are fascinated by and terrified of what we might find on the horizon.

Your future is bright! After all, your mother is a robot, your father has joined the alien hive-mind, and your dinner will be counterfeit 3D-printed steak. Even though your worker bots have staged a mutiny, and your tour guide speaks only in memes, you can always sell your native language if you need some extra cash. The avant-garde of science fiction have arrived in this space-age sequel to the 2018 award-winning anthology, <i>The New Voices of Fantasy</i>. In <i>The New Voices of Science Fiction</i> you'll find the rising stars of the last five years: Rebecca Roanhorse, Amal El-Mohtar, Sam J. Miller, E. Lily Yu, Rich Larson, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Sarah Pinsker, Alice Sola Kim, Darcie Little Badger, Nino Cipri, S. Qiouyi Lu, Kelly Robson, Suzanne Palmer, and more. Their extraordinary stories have been hand-selected by cutting-edge author Hannu Rajaniemi (<i>The Quantum Thief</i>) and genre expert Jacob Weisman (<i>Invaders</i>). So go ahead, join the starship revolution. The new kids have already hacked the AI. --<i>back cover</i> Contents: - Introduction by Jacob Weisman - Foreword by Hannu Rajaniemi - <i>Openness</i> (2016) by Alexander Weinstein - <i>The Shape of My Name</i> (2015) by Nino Cipri - <i>Utopia, LOL?</i> (2017) by Jamie Wahls - <i>Mother Tongues</i> (2018) by S. Qiouyi Lu - <i>In the Sharing Place</i> (2018) by David Erik Nelson - <i>A Series of Steaks</i> (2017) by Vina Jie-Min Prasad - <i>The Secret Life of Bots</i> (2017) by Suzanne Palmer - <i>Ice</i> (2015) by Rich Larson - <i>One Hour, Every Seven Years</i> (2017) by Alice Sola Kim - <i>Toppers</i> (2016) by Jason Sanford - <i>Tender Loving Plastics</i> (2018) by Amman Sabet - <i>Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience™</i> (2017) by Rebecca Roanhorse - <i>Strange Waters</i> (2018) by Samantha Mills - <i>Calved</i> (2015) by Sam J. Miller - <i>The Need for Air</i> (2018) by Lettie Prell - <i>Robo-Liopleurodon!</i> (2018) by Darcie Little Badger - <i>The Doing and Undoing of Jacob E. Mwangi</i> (2019) by E. Lily Yu - <i>Madeleine</i> (2015) by Amal El-Mohtar - <i>Our Lady of the Open Road</i> (2015) by Sarah Pinsker - <i>A Study in Oils</i> (2018) by Kelly Robson