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scupper on 18/11/2015 - 17:38 news.microsoft.com (1540 clicks)
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"Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Stories Inspired by Microsoft is an anthology of short stories written by some of today’s greatest science fiction authors. These visionary stories explore prediction science, quantum computing, real-time translation, machine learning, and much more. The contributing authors were inspired by inside access to leading-edge work, including in-person visits to Microsoft’s research labs, to craft new works that predict the near-future of technology and examine its complex relationship to our core humanity.

Learn how science fiction and science fact come together in "Future Visions"

AUTHOR ROLL CALL

Elizabeth Bear · Greg Bear · David Brin · Nancy Kress · Ann Leckie · Jack McDevitt · Seanan McGuire · Robert J. Sawyer"

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  DeWalt on 18/11/2015 - 18:56

  +7

  Link to Amazon Australia,
  http://www.amazon.com.au/gp/aw/d/B0182NCTWS/

  Hope it works, I removed referrer bits…

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    roonie on 19/11/2015 - 07:39

    Im getting "This mobile site does not currently support the purchase of this item. Add it to your Wish List and you can view and purchase it from your computer" (from a PC). But I did successfully get it from the MS/AmazonAU site/s). Thx. Gets good reviews.

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    IVI on 16/12/2015 - 10:31

    Just search Amazon.com.au for Future Visions in Kindle store

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  WalterPPK on 18/11/2015 - 21:03

  +7

  Original Science Fiction Stories Inspired by Microsoft: "It looks like you're trying to fight off an alien invasion. Would you like help with that?"

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    ItsMeAgro on 19/11/2015 - 09:54

    Now attempting jump to hyperspace

    …

    BSOD

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  billdre on 18/11/2015 - 22:06

  +1

  Love the artworks of the book (y)

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  threeDspider on 19/11/2015 - 03:20

  read the first 2 stories, interesting stuff.

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  mickeyjuiceman on 19/11/2015 - 05:55

  +1

  "greatest science fiction authors" is a massive stretch, along the lines of "Windows 8 was a great OS!"

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    scupper on 19/11/2015 - 18:00

    Don't forget "some of the greatest…" Is their qualifier. And windows 8 wasnt perfect but it was a great OS.

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      mickeyjuiceman on 20/11/2015 - 04:58

      8.1 was fine, 8 was a DOG :-)

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    DivZero on 24/11/2015 - 23:56

    +3

    They're all multi-award winners. You'd be hard put to recruit a better list of current hard-Sci-fi authors.

    Elizabeth Bear: 3 Hugos, 1 Locus, + others

    Greg Bear: 2 Hugos, 4 Nebulas, 1 Heinlein + others

    David Brin: 2 Hugos, 1 Nebula, 1 Locus, + others

    Nancy Kress: 1 Hugo, 3 Nebulas, + others

    Ann Leckie: 1 Hugo, 1 Nebula

    Jack McDevitt: 1 Nebula, 1 Locus, + others

    Seanan McGuire: 1 Hugo, + others

    Robert J Sawyer: 1 Hugo, 1 Nebula, 11 Auroras, + many others, and he's my favorite author

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      Russ on 26/11/2015 - 02:33

      Good to know there are still hard SF writers out there. I had been thinking there were none left, my local bookstores have almost nothing of Asimov, Bova, Clark, Heinlein, Niven, Pournelle, etcetera. And everything else in the "SF" section mentions sorcery or dragons on the cover.

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      gringo on 01/12/2015 - 22:28

      Maybe it is just my taste, but I don't find those awards a reliable guide to whether a book is good or not.

      The expanse series was something I found that way though - and that is the best thing I have read in years (not hard S.F by any means though).