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We, Robots

by Simon Ings (Editor)

Other authors: Brian W. Aldiss (Contributor), Juan José Arreola (Contributor), Paolo Bacigalupi (Contributor), T. S. Bazelli (Contributor), Elizabeth Bear (Author)106 more, Chris Beckett (Contributor), Helena Bell (Contributor), Stephen Vincent Benét (Contributor), Ambrose Bierce (Contributor), Morris Bishop (Contributor), James Blish (Contributor), Chayim Bloch (Contributor), Robert Bloch (Contributor), Bruce Boston (Contributor), Ray Bradbury (Contributor), Amy Bruce (Narrator), Tobias S. Buckell (Contributor), Algis Budrys (Contributor), Samuel Butler (Contributor), James Cambias (Author), Avram Davidson (Contributor), Miguel de Unamuno (Contributor), Lester del Rey (Contributor), Charles Dickens (Contributor), Cory Doctorow (Contributor), Terry Edge (Contributor), Greg Egan (Contributor), Harlan Ellison (Contributor), Guy Endore (Contributor), Jeffrey Ford (Author), E. M. Forster (Contributor), Karen Joy Fowler (Contributor), Lauren Fox (Contributor), William Gibson (Contributor), Herbert Goldstone (Contributor), Emile Goudeau (Contributor), GPT-2 (Contributor), Dan Grace (Contributor), Dominic Green (Author), Daryl Gregory (Author), Becky Hagenston (Contributor), W. T. Haggert (Contributor), John Cooper Hamilton (Contributor), M. John Harrison (Contributor), Ted Hayden (Contributor), Arundhati Hazra (Contributor), Tania Hershman (Contributor), Nathan Hillstrom (Contributor), Nalo Hopkinson (Contributor), Shinichi Hoshi (Contributor), Tendai Huchu (Contributor), Simon Ings (Contributor), Simon Ings (Introduction), Liz Jensen (Contributor), Jerome K. Jerome (Contributor), Xia Jia (Contributor), Rachael K. Jones (Contributor), John Kaiine (Contributor), Joanna Kavenna (Contributor), Damon Knight (Contributor), Ted Kosmatka (Contributor), Rich Larson (Contributor), Fritz Leiber (Contributor), Murray Leinster (Contributor), Stanisław Lem (Contributor), Marissa Lingen (Contributor), Ken Liu (Contributor), Barry N. Malzberg (Contributor), Maurizio Manzieri (Cover artist), Adam Marek (Contributor), Paul McAuley (Contributor), Ian McDonald (Author), Ian McDonald (Contributor), Sandra McDonald (Contributor), Herman Melville (Contributor), Walter M. Miller, Jr. (Contributor), C. L. Moore (Contributor), Mari Ness (Contributor), Patrick O'Leary (Contributor), Frederick B. Perkins (Contributor), Peter Phillips (Contributor), Steven Popkes (Contributor), Vina Jie-Min Prasad (Contributor), Robert Reed (Contributor), Mike Resnick (Contributor), Adam Roberts (Contributor), Carl Sandburg (Contributor), Robert Sheckley (Contributor), Nicholas Sheppard (Contributor), Clifford D. Simak (Contributor), John Sladek (Contributor), Cordwainer Smith (Contributor), Bruce Sterling (Contributor), Romie Stott (Contributor), Theodore Sturgeon (Contributor), Michael Swanwick (Contributor), Michael Swanwick (Author), Rachel Swirsky (Contributor), V. E. Thiessen (Contributor), Brian Trent (Contributor), A. E. van Vogt (Contributor), Howard Waldrop (Contributor), Peter Watts (Contributor), Alexander Weinstein (Contributor), H. G. Wells (Contributor), Tad Williams (Contributor), Jack Williamson (Contributor), Bernard Wolfe (Contributor), Nick Wolven (Contributor), E. Lily Yu (Contributor), George Zebrowski (Contributor)

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A special edition of Simon Ings's selection of the best SF short stories on artificial intelligence from around the world. To ready us for the inevitable, here are 100 of the best short stories ever written - most of them by humans - about artificial intelligence. Simon Ings has assembled anthropomorphic cyborgs and invertebrate AIs, thuggish metal lumps and wisps of manufactured intelligence so delicate that if you blink you might miss them in the new overlord of all robot literary compendiums. It's Alive! is about inventors and their creations. Following the Money drops robots into the day-to-day business of living. Owners and Servants considers the human potentials and pitfalls of owning and maintaining robots. Changing Places looks at what happens at the blurred interface between human and machine minds. All Hail the New Flesh waves goodbye to the physical boundaries that once separated machines from their human creators. Succession considers the future of human and machine consciousnesses - in so far as we might have one. With 100 stories spanning an order of magnitude more pages, Simon Ings's We, Robots is the overlord of all robot literary compendiums. Welcome it.… (more)
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A special edition of Simon Ings's selection of the best SF short stories on artificial intelligence from around the world. To ready us for the inevitable, here are 100 of the best short stories ever written - most of them by humans - about artificial intelligence. Simon Ings has assembled anthropomorphic cyborgs and invertebrate AIs, thuggish metal lumps and wisps of manufactured intelligence so delicate that if you blink you might miss them in the new overlord of all robot literary compendiums. It's Alive! is about inventors and their creations. Following the Money drops robots into the day-to-day business of living. Owners and Servants considers the human potentials and pitfalls of owning and maintaining robots. Changing Places looks at what happens at the blurred interface between human and machine minds. All Hail the New Flesh waves goodbye to the physical boundaries that once separated machines from their human creators. Succession considers the future of human and machine consciousnesses - in so far as we might have one. With 100 stories spanning an order of magnitude more pages, Simon Ings's We, Robots is the overlord of all robot literary compendiums. Welcome it.

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Contains:
  • Introduction / Simon Ings
  • Section One: It's Alive!
    • The Golem Runs Amuck / Chayim Bloch
    • Fandom for Robots / Vina Jie-Min Prasad
    • Moxon's Master / Ambrose Bierce
    • The Land Ironclads / H. G. Wells
    • The Revolt of the Machines (La révolte des machines) / Emile Goudeau
    • Microcosmic God / Theodore Sturgeon
    • Ancient Engines / Michael Swanwick
    • Beachcomber / Mike Resnick
    • Non Serviam / Stanisław Lem
    • Adam Robots / Adam Roberts
    • Solar Plexus / James Blish
    • I Made You / Walter M. Miller, Jr.
    • The Bell Tower / Herman Melville
    • First to Serve / Algis Budrys
    • Malak / Peter Watts
    • The Toymaker's Daughter / Arundhati Hazra
  • Section Two: Following the Money
    • Nightmare Number Three / Stephen Vincent Benét
    • With Folded Hands / Jack Williamson
    • Full Report of the Second Meeting of the Mudfog Association for the Advancement of Everything Section B – Display of Models and Mechanical Science / Charles Dickens
    • Fully Automated Nostalgia Capitalism / Dan Grace
    • The Man-Ufactory / Frederick B. Perkins
    • A Robot Walks into a Bar / Romie Stott
    • Men of Iron / Guy Endore
    • A Bad Day for Sales / Fritz Leiber
    • The Greatest One-Star Restaurant in the Whole Quadrant / Rachael K. Jones
    • The Reading Machine / Morris Bishop
    • Baby H. P. / Juan José Arreola
    • The Steam-Driven Boy / John Sladek
    • Comfort Me, My Robot / Robert Bloch
    • A Logic Named Joe / Murray Leinster
    • Mika Model / Paolo Bacigalupi
    • Caspar D. Luckinbill, What Are You Going to Do? / Nick Wolven
    • The Next Scene / Robert Reed
  • Section Three: Overseer and Servant
    • Old Robots Are the Worst / Bruce Boston
    • Virtuoso / Herbert Goldstone
    • Saying Goodbye to Yang / Alexander Weinstein
    • The Perfect Egg / Tania Hershman
    • The Caretaker / Ken Liu
    • Hi Ho Cherry-O / Becky Hagenston
    • Robot / Helena Bell
    • Rosie Cleans House / Lauren Fox
    • Super-Toys Last All Summer Long / Brian Aldiss
    • Tamagotchi / Adam Marek
    • The Veldt / Ray Bradbury
    • There Will Be School Tomorrow / V. E. Thiessen
    • Lex / W. T. Haggert
    • Helen O'Loy / Lester del Rey
    • The Peacemaker / T. S. Bazelli
    • Sexy Robot Mom / Sandra McDonald
    • I Am Crying All Inside / Clifford D. Simak
  • Section Four: Changing Places
    • Transformer / GPT-2
    • The Man / Paul McAuley
    • The Birds of Isla Mujeres / Steven Popkes
    • That Laugh / Patrick O'Leary
    • Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance / Tobias S. Buckell
    • Dolly Sodom / John Kaiine
    • The Robot Who Looked Like Me / Robert Sheckley
    • Bokko-Chan / Shinichi Hoshi
    • The Dancing Partner / Jerome K. Jerome
    • Satisfaction / Nicholas Sheppard
    • Nanonauts! In Battle with Tiny Death-Subs! / Ian McDonald
    • Masked / Rich Larson
    • The Turing Test / Chris Beckett
    • Self Portrait / Bernard Wolfe
    • Maneki Neko / Bruce Sterling
    • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman / Harlan Ellison
    • The Machine Stops / E. M. Forster
  • Section Five: All Hail the New Flesh
    • The Hammer / Carl Sandburg
    • Good to Go / Liz Jensen
    • Tender / Rachel Swirsky
    • Masks / Damon Knight
    • Hostbods / Tendai Huchu
    • Scanners Live in Vain / Cordwainer Smith
    • Musée de l'Âme Seule / E. Lily Yu
    • The Winter Market / William Gibson
    • The One Who Isn't / Ted Kosmatka
    • Suicide Coast / M. John Harrison
    • Memories and Wire / Mari Ness
    • Ganger (Ball Lightning) / Nalo Hopkinson
    • Learning to Be Me / Greg Egan
    • No Woman Born / C. L. Moore
    • Flight / Joanna Kavenna
    • Praxis / Karen Joy Fowler
    • Tongtong's Summer / Xia Jia
    • These 5 Books Go 6 Feet Deep / Ted Hayden
  • Section Six: Succession
    • Darwin Among the Machines / Samuel Butler
    • Mechanopolis / Miguel de Unamuno
    • Big Dave's in Love / Terry Edge
    • I, Row-Boat / Cory Doctorow
    • Fulfillment / A. E. van Vogt
    • Making the Connections / Barry N. Malzberg
    • Director X and the Thrilling Wonders of Outer Space / Brian Trent
    • The Next Move / John Cooper Hamilton
    • Like You, I Am a System / Nathan Hillstrom
    • My Favourite Sentience / Marissa Lingen
    • London, Paris, Banana / Howard Waldrop
    • Lost Memory / Peter Phillips
    • Starcrossed / George Zebrowski
    • The Narrow Road / Tad Williams
    • The Golem / Avram Davidson
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