12 award-winning science fiction authors from around the world offer original tales of relationships in a future world of evolving technology.
For fans of anthologies like
Soonish
and Netflix's
Black Mirror
In a future world dominated by the technological, people will still be entangled in relationships—in romances, friendships, and families. This volume in the
Twelve Tomorrows
series considers the effects that scientific and technological discoveries will have on the emotional bonds that hold us together.
The strange new worlds in these stories feature AI family therapy, floating fungitecture, and a futuristic love potion. Imagine genetic alterations to code for altruism, or digital avatars that can interface with other avatars on dating sites, running sample conversations to find appropriate matches, or artificial assistance animals.
Contributions include
Xia Jia's
novelette set in a Buddhist monastery, translated by the Hugo Award-winning writer
Ken Liu
; and a story by
Nancy Kress
, winner of 6 Hugos and 2 Nebulas. A full story list:
James Patrick Kelly
,
Your Boyfriend Experience
Mary Robinette Kowal
A Little Wisdom
Invisible People
Rich Larson
Echo the Echo
Sam J. Miller
The Nation of the Sick
Annalee Newitz
The Monogamy Hormone
Suzanne Palmer
Don't Mind Me
Cadwell Turnbull
, Mediation
Nick Wolven
Sparklybits
Xia Jia
, The Monk of Lingyin Temple, translated by
Also includes an interview with
by
Lisa Yaszek
, and
Tatiana Plakhova's
beautiful "data abstract" illustrations serve as frontispiece to each of the stories.