Twelve Tomorrows 2013

About this book

A diverse collection of science fiction authors characters and stories featuring contributions by Neal Stephenson Paul McAuley Peter Wat Brian Aldiss Nancy Fulda and Greg Eaton. Originally launched in 2011 by MIT Technology Review the Twelve Tomorrows series explores the future implications of emerging technologies through the lens of fiction. Featuring a diverse collection of authors characters and stories rooted in contemporary real-world science each volume in the series offers conceivable and inclusive stories of the future celebrating and continuing the genre of hard science fiction pioneered by authors such as Isaac Asimov Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein. The 2013 edition of Twelve Tomorrows begins with an interview with Neal Stephenson which is followed by Paul McAuleys charming Western set among mutating a-life organisms and a story by Peter Wat about editorial cover-ups for escaped biofuel microbes that cause spontaneous human combustion. Other contributors include Brian Aldiss Nancy Fulda and Greg Egan. Color illustrations by Richard Powers accompany the texts.