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Creative Destruction
Computing is mere decades young, a set of technologies
we have scarcely begun to develop. It's already been
quite a ride. 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
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.
Author's Notes
Creative Destruction collects eight of my
computer-themed shorter works, ranging from a few
pages to a short novel. The introduction is by Stanley
Schmidt, long-time editor of Analog Science Fiction
and Fact.
The title story originally appeared in Analog
in 2001. That novelette later appeared in Year's
Best SF 7 and ran as a serial in the daily
newspaper of Telecom World 2003.
we have scarcely begun to develop. It's already been
quite a ride. 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
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.
Author's Notes
Creative Destruction collects eight of my
computer-themed shorter works, ranging from a few
pages to a short novel. The introduction is by Stanley
Schmidt, long-time editor of Analog Science Fiction
and Fact.
The title story originally appeared in Analog
in 2001. That novelette later appeared in Year's
Best SF 7 and ran as a serial in the daily
newspaper of Telecom World 2003.
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First published September 5, 2000
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About the author
Edward M. Lerner
120 books58 followersI'm a physicist and computer scientist (among other things). After thirty years in industry, working at every level from individual technical contributor to senior vice president, I now write full-time. Mostly I write science fiction and techno-thrillers, now and again throwing in a straight science or technology article.
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January 16, 2025
If you've had any programming or computer experience at all, the problems, dilemnas & solutions in these stories will intrigue you. Thoughtful.
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