Phoenix Pick continues their free eBook promotion this month with AI Unbound: Two Stories of Artificial Intelligence by Nancy Kress!
About the Book:
Nancy Kress is the author of twenty-two novels and numerous short stories. She is perhaps best known for the “Sleepless” trilogy that began with BEGGARS IN SPAIN. Her fiction has won four Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the 2003 John W. Campbell Award (for PROBABILITY SPACE).
These two outstanding stories give us a fascinating look into the evolution of artificial intelligence and the impact it has on human society.
Expect the unexpected
Instructions and download links can be found on Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook this month is 9991976 and is only good between May 2nd – May 30, 2013. Grab it now!
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Nick Sharps | Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 at 12:29 am
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In celebration of Women in Genre Month we ask some of our favorites about some of their favorites!
We asked this week’s panelists…
Q: Who are your favorite women authors in genre? What are your favorite books written by them?
Here’s what they said…
Nancy Kress
Nancy Kress is the author of numerous science fiction and fantasy titles, including
Beggars in Spain, Nothing Human, Probability Space, Stinger, and her bestselling
Write Great Fiction series. She is a recipient of the Hugo, Nebula, Sturgeon, and John W. Campbell Memorial awards, and her work has been translated into 16 languages. She lives in Rochester, New York.
My favorite female author is Ursula K. LeGuin. I started reading her in the late sixties and have never stopped. Her best work combines genuine, multi-dimensional characters with “thought experiments” about how societies are organized, and with what consequences. My favorite of her works are The Dispossessed and the collection of related novellas, Four Ways Into Forgiveness. Brilliant, compassionate, believable, these books truly eplore what it means to be human, in human societies, striving for the things human beings care about.
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JP Frantz | Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 at 12:29 am
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SF/F has a long history of collaboration ranging from two authors teaming up to shared worlds, we could list dozens of books that are the products of collaboration. But not everyone has worked on a story in this manner. We asked our panelists this question:
Q: What ‘dream’ writing team-up would you like to see?
Here’s what they said…
Nancy Kress
Nancy Kress is the author of 26 books of SF, fantasy, and writing advice. Her fiction has won multiple Nebula and Hugo awards, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.
The dream writing team I’d like to see is Ursula LeGuin and Karen Joy Fowler. Both have graceful, eloquent styles and a deep feeling for the human condition: perspicacity tempered with compassion, but never sentimentality. In addition, they would bring the perspectives of two different generations. That would be a story that I would give anything to read.
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Nancy Kress‘ latest novel is Flash Point, a young adult science fiction story about a teen who takes a job on a virtual reality TV show that’s more than she bargained for. A former columnist for Writer’s Digest, Kress has been nominated for and won one Hugos and four Nebulas. She’s currently nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and Nebula for her novella After The Fall, Before The Fall, During The Fall. Her novels include The Probability Trilogy and The Sleepers Saga, which includes Beggars In Spain based on her award winning novella. And she’s written writing books for Writer’s Digest and more. Her short fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, Omni, Galaxy, amongst others, as well as several year’s best anthologies. Along with Robert Silverberg, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Mike Resnick, she’s headlining the colonist science fiction anthology, Beyond The Sun, coming in July from Fairwood Press. She lives in Seattle with her husband, fellow writer Jack Skillingstead, and a spoiled toy poodle, Cosette. She can be found online at www.sff.net/people/nankress, on Twitter as @NancyKress and Facebook.
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Very rarely does a short fiction anthology score a home run with every single story it contains. Tastes differ from reader to reader. We asked this week’s participants to play the role of Editor:
Q: If you could publish a short fiction anthology containing up to 25 previously-published sf/f/h stories, which stories would it include and why?
Here’s what they said:
Nancy Kress
Nancy Kress is the author of 26 books of SF, fantasy, and writing advice. Her most recent novel is
Steal Across the Sky (Tor, 2009), an SF novel about a crime committed by aliens against humanity 10,000 years ago – for which they would now like to atone. Her fiction has won multiple Nebula and Hugo awards, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.
I teach SF often and have never been able to find the exact anthology I want to teach! This would be it. I know there are many wonderful stories I left out either because I had no room (you limited me to 25) or haven’t read them. There are also great writers whose novels I prefer to their short fiction. But this anthology would be a joy to teach.
- “Sandkings” by George R.R. Martin
- “Nine Lives” by Ursula K. LeGuin
- “Houston, Houston, Do You Read” by James Tiptree, Jr.
- “Morning Child” by Gardner Dozois
- “Johnny Mnemonic” by William Gibson
- “A Braver Thing” by Charles Sheffield
- “We See Things Differently” by Bruce Sterling
- “Firewatch” by Connie Willis
- “The Faithful Companion at Forty” by Karen Joy Fowler
- “Baby Makes Three” by Theodore Sturgeon
- “Continued on the Next Rock” by R.A. Lafferty
- “When It Changed” by Joanna Russ
- “For I Have Touched the Sky” by Mike Resnick
- “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang
- “Dead Worlds” by Jack Skillingstead
- “Divining Light” by Ted Kosmatka
- “Blood Music” by Greg Bear
- “The Undiscovered” by William Sanders
- “The Stars My Destination” by Alfred Bester
- “The Star” by Arthur Clarke
- “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman
- “Daddy’s World” by Walter Jon Williams
- “The People of Sand and Slag” by Paolo Bacigalupi
- “Lincoln Train” by Maureen McHugh
- “Aye, and Gomorrah” by Samuel L. Delaney
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SF/F fans love to talk about their favorite books being adapted for film. But what about television? Are there books better suited for a television series? We asked this week’s panelists (inspired by a suggestion from James Wallace Harris)…
Q: What SF/F book would make a great television series? How would you adapt it for the small screen?
Here’s what they said…
Nancy Kress
Nancy Kress is the author of over 20 books of SF, fantasy, and writing advice. Her latest is
Steal Across the Sky. Her fiction has won three Nebulas, a Hugo, a Sturgeon, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.
My choice for a TV miniseries would be More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon. Since the book is already divided into three distinct sections, it could be presented as three two-hour episodes. It focuses on character rather than on special effects, which is good for the small screen. Finally — it’s a wonderful story.
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