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@SFWA & #WriteStuff @StoryBundle are Now Available!

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The AI bundle is over! Hopefully you grabbed your bundle. But not to worry, as StoryBundle always has something amazing to offer. Ergo, they have two bundles currently available. The SFWA bundle, which is a collection of 12, yes twelve , great reads from professional science fiction writers, all of whom are esteemed members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. They've been around for more than half a century. And you must be a paid, working writer in order to be eligible for membership. Grab it now, before it ends Wednesday May 3rd. Next up is the WriteStuff bundle, a collection of 12 books on writing. Books about writers, by writers, for writers, and for aspiring writers. Because we all know that writing is a trade in which we are all apprentices and no one ever becomes a master. Was it Bradbury who said that??? The Write Stuff bundle is curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, author of  Goals & Dreams: Freelancer's Survival Guide.  The

The #ArtificialIntelligence @Storybundle ENDS TODAY April 20 Midnight Eastern, 9 PM Pacific #SFWApro

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The Artificial Intelligence Storybundle Curated by Lisa Mason Artificial Intelligence—A.I. When computers become conscious. Self-aware. Genuinely as intelligent as human beings. Will A.I. benefit humanity? Or become our greatest enemy? In the March, 2017  Scientific American , Gary Marcus, a professor of neural science at New York University, joins futurist Ray Kerzweil, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and others in concluding that the Singularity—that moment when A.I. truly exists—has not yet arrived. Will not arrive until the future. That hasn’t stopped science fiction writers from tackling difficult questions about A.I., speculating about the future, and asking what if? In the most entertaining way! You must check out these amazing books from authors—bestselling, award-winning, as well as popular indies—in the  A.I. Storybundle . In New York Times Bestselling  Walter Jon Williams’   Aristoi , an elite class holds dominion over a glittering interstellar culture wit

10 Questions with Hugo Award Winner Laura J. Mixon (@LauraJMG)

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This Author Spotlight features LAURA J. MIXON author of Glass Houses SF novelist and Hugo-winning blogger Laura J. Mixon wrote her first story for her own amusement at age eight. At age 11, she discovered science fiction in the local library and never looked back. Her popular SF thriller Up Against It came out from Tor Books (as M. J. Locke) in 2011 and is due for re-release soon as part of an upcoming trilogy. Set among the asteroids, it is the first book of WAVE , a series of novels about savvy and desperate people (and other beings) living in a future, settled solar system. Author of six novels and assorted shorter works, including the highly acclaimed cyberpunk trilogy AVATARS DANCE ( Glass Houses , Proxies , and Burning the Ice ). She and fellow SF writer Steven Gould stabbed the cake/tied the knot at WeddingCon in early 1989. They have collaborated on one novel and two world-class daughters, now grown (who might even be spotted wandering

Check Out These Amazing Stories in The A.I. Chronicles edited by Samuel Peralta The Artificial Intelligence Storybundle! #SFWApro #artificialintelligence

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The A.I. Chronicles (Future Chronicles Book 2) edited by Samuel Peralta Synopses of Stories in the Anthology The Syntax of Consciousness  by Pavarti K. Tyler With one small implanted device, you will experience complete sensory integration with all the information available on the global net. Say goodbye to VI Fees and holo-displays. It is now all available in the blink of an eye. Enter the next lottery wave to receive your free InGen Corp Jiminy Implant. “Jiminy: The little voice in the back of your head.” Piece of Cake  by Patrice Fitzgerald Rule by A.I. is a fact of life for those under the thumb of the Federal United. There will be a certain amount of exercise every day. Citizens will be on time. Appropriate mates will be identified from amongst candidates with suitable genetic traits… and a proper weight will be maintained. But sometimes you’ve just got to go off the reservation. Restore  by Susan Kaye Quinn What if Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics were replaced by a si

The A.I. Chronicles edited by Samuel Peralta is in the Artificial Intelligence Storybundle! Lisa Mason #SFWApro #artificialintelligence

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The A.I. Chronicles (Future Chronicles Book 2) edited by Samuel Peralta A.I.: Artificial Intelligence. Even today, machines that mimic human thinking surround us. As the intellectual feats of computing machines grow more and more astounding, will there be a day when their apparent intelligence approaches, or even surpasses, that of human beings? And what if these machines then become conscious, self-aware? In this latest title in the acclaimed ‘Future Chronicles’ series of speculative fiction anthologies, thirteen authors confront the question of the Singularity: at and beyond that point of time when A.I. becomes more than simply a human construct. From first awareness to omniscience, these original short stories explore that territory where human intelligence comes face-to-face with what is either its greatest hope, or its greatest threat. The A.I. Chronicles  features stories by bestselling author  David Simpson  (the Post-Human series), Prix Aurora winner  Julie Czerneda