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Beta-life short stories from an A-life future

This is an anthology of specially-commissioned stories imagining life in 2070. The stories explore the future of robotics, and the possibilities promised by the next generation of computers.

Other Authors:	Amos, Martyn., Page, Ra.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Great Britain: Carcanet Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Artificial intelligence > Fiction. Technological innovations > Fiction. Short stories. Science fiction.

Summary:	This is an anthology of specially-commissioned stories imagining life in 2070. The stories explore the future of robotics, and the possibilities promised by the next generation of computers.
Physical Description:	390 p.
ISBN:	9781905583652 1905583656
Author Notes:	Prof. Martyn Amos was awarded the world's first PhD in DNA computing; he is currently a senior lecturer in computing and mathematics at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Ra Page is the editor of The City Life Book of Manchester Short Stories and the founder and managing editor of Comma Press. He has edited several anthologies published by Comma, including Lemistry: A Celebration of the Work of Stanislaw Lem and Litmus: Short Stories from Modern Science . He has written for the Guardian , the New Statesman , and the Times , and was the recipient of a Jerwood Foundation Bursary. Between 2000 - 2003 he was deputy editor of City Life and a director of the Manchester Poetry Festival.

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