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ROBOT UPRISINGS is now on sale!

ROBOT UPRISINGS, my new anthology co-edited with Daniel H. Wilson, is now on sale! You can learn more on the ROBOT UPRISINGS website, including where you can buy the book.

Robot Uprisings

COVER COPY:

Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the increasing presence of robots in our lives. With contributions from a mix of bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming writers, and including a rare story by “the father of artificial intelligence,” Dr. John McCarthy, Robot Uprisings meticulously describes the exhilarating and terrifying near-future in which humans can only survive by being cleverer than the rebellious machines they have created.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • Foreword—Daniel H. Wilson
  • Complex God—Scott Sigler
  • Cycles—Charles Yu
  • Lullaby—Anna North
  • Eighty Miles an Hour All the Way to Paradise—Genevieve Valentine
  • Executable—Hugh Howey (reprint)
  • The Omnibot Incident—Ernest Cline
  • Epoch—Cory Doctorow (reprint)
  • Human Intelligence—Jeff Abbott
  • The Golden Hour—Julianna Baggott
  • Sleepover—Alastair Reynolds (reprint)
  • Seasoning—Alan Dean Foster
  • Nanonauts! In Battle with Tiny Death-subs!—Ian McDonald
  • Of Dying Heroes and Deathless Deeds—Robin Wasserman
  • The Robot and the Baby—John McCarthy (reprint)
  • We are All Misfit Toys in the Aftermath of the Velveteen War—Seanan McGuire
  • Spider the Artist—Nnedi Okorafor (reprint)
  • Small Things—Daniel H. Wilson

WEBSITE:

johnjosephadams.com/robot-uprisings

WHERE TO BUY IT:

johnjosephadams.com/robot-uprisings/buy-the-book

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Cover & TOC Reveal: ROBOT UPRISINGS

Here’s the cover, cover copy, and table of contents for ROBOT UPRISINGS, an anthology I co-edited with Daniel H. Wilson. It’s forthcoming in April 2014, from Vintage Books, but you can pre-order it now.

Robot Uprisings

COVER COPY:

Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the increasing presence of robots in our lives. With contributions from a mix of bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming writers, and including a rare story by “the father of artificial intelligence,” Dr. John McCarthy, Robot Uprisings meticulously describes the exhilarating and terrifying near-future in which humans can only survive by being cleverer than the rebellious machines they have created.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

  • Foreword—Daniel H. Wilson
  • Complex God—Scott Sigler
  • Cycles—Charles Yu
  • Lullaby—Anna North
  • Eighty Miles an Hour All the Way to Paradise—Genevieve Valentine
  • Executable—Hugh Howey (reprint)
  • The Omnibot Incident—Ernest Cline
  • Epoch—Cory Doctorow (reprint)
  • Human Intelligence—Jeff Abbott
  • The Golden Hour—Julianna Baggott
  • Sleepover—Alastair Reynolds (reprint)
  • Seasoning—Alan Dean Foster
  • Nanonauts! In Battle with Tiny Death-subs!—Ian McDonald
  • Of Dying Heroes and Deathless Deeds—Robin Wasserman
  • The Robot and the Baby—John McCarthy (reprint)
  • We are All Misfit Toys in the Aftermath of the Velveteen War—Seanan McGuire
  • Spider the Artist—Nnedi Okorafor (reprint)
  • Small Things—Daniel H. Wilson

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New Anthology: Robot Uprisings

From Publishers Marketplace:

Roboticist and NYT bestselling author Daniel H. Wilson and acclaimed anthologist John Joseph Adams, eds.’s ROBOT UPRISINGS, an anthology of stories, to executive editor Jason Kaufman at Doubleday (acquired for Vintage), by Laurie Fox at Linda Chester Literary Agency and Joe Monti at Barry Goldblatt Literary (World English). Translation: Whitney Lee of The Fielding Agency.

About the Anthology

As real robots creep into our lives, so does a sense of fear—we have all wondered what horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry. The idea of a robot uprising is fascinating precisely because it is possible. This anthology will bring to life the answers to our half-formed questions by providing a collection of meticulously precise, exhilarating trips into a future in which humans survive only by being more clever and tenacious than the machines they have created.

Overview

At the helm of this project are Dr. Daniel H. Wilson—bestselling novelist and expert in robotics—and John Joseph Adams—bestselling editor of more than a dozen science fiction/fantasy anthologies. Together, they have drawn on their wide-ranging contacts to assemble a talented group of authors eager to attack the topic of robot uprisings from startling and fascinating angles.

Under the direction of a robotics specialist and a veteran editor, ROBOT UPRISINGS will expose readers to a strategically chosen mix of stories that explore novel scenarios of robotic malfunction, misuse, and outright rebellion. Each of our authors is an accomplished specialist in areas such as horror, science fiction, techno-thrillers, military SF, steampunk and apocalyptic fiction.

Combining unique viewpoints and exacting realism, ROBOT UPRISINGS promises to thrill generations of readers who used to trust their technology.

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