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    Creative Destruction: Science Fiction Stories

    By Edward M. Lerner

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    CREATIVE DESTRUCTION presents 8 science fiction stories -- including two short novels -- by bestselling author Edward M. Lerner. All deal with the future of technology and computing.


    The author writes: "Computing is mere decades young, a set of technologies we have scarcely begun to develop. It's already been quite a ride. Now: Imagine every gadget around you becoming ever faster, cheaper, tinier, more interconnected, more intelligent . . . especially more intelligent. The stories in Creative Destruction explore what we could face in the next half century or so: artificial intelligence, malicious software to makes us nostalgic for mere viruses, ever-more-perfect virtual reality, direct neural interfaces to computers, ubiquitous networks, and more. The internet. That was nothing."


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    INTRODUCTION, by Stanley Schmidt

    FOREWORD, by Edward M. Lerner

    THE DAY OF THE RFIDS

    SURVIVAL INSTINCT

    WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN

    BY THE RULES

    INIQUITOUS COMPUTING

    CATCH A FALLING STAR

    SETTLEMENT

    CREATIVE DESTRUCTION

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateJun 24, 2015
    ISBN9781479406166
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    Creative Destruction: Science Fiction Stories
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    Edward M. Lerner

    Edward M. Lerner worked in high tech for thirty years, as everything from engineer to senior vice president, for much of that time writing science fiction as a hobby. Since 2004 he has written full-time, and his books run the gamut from technothrillers, like Small Miracles, to traditional SF, like his InterstellarNet series, to, with Larry Niven, the grand space epic Fleet of Worlds series of Ringworld companion novels.   Ed’s short fiction has appeared in anthologies, collections, and many of the usual science fiction magazines. He also writes the occasional nonfiction article, on topics as varied as asteroid deflection, privacy (or lack thereof) in the Internet age, and the role of communications in SF.

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