num_pages: 685
description: Visions of the Future is a collection of stories and essays including Nebula and Hugo award-winning works. In this anthology you'll find stories and essays about artificial intelligence androids faster-than-light travel and the extension of human life. You'll read about the future of human institutions and culture. But these literary works are more than just a reprisal of the classical elements of science fiction and futurism. At their core each of these pieces has one consistent repeated theme: us.Contents:Introduction (Visions of the Future (2015))  essay by J. Daniel BattThe Shoulders of Giants (2000) / shortstory by Robert J. SawyerGift of a Useless Man (1979) / shortstory by Alan Dean FosterLight and Shadow [Skolian Short Fiction  6] (1994) / novelette by Catherine AsaroLungfish [Existence] (1986) / novelette by David BrinThe Birth of the Dawn (2015) / shortfiction by Nicole Sallak AndersonThe Weathermakers (1966) / novelette by Ben BovaLast Day of Work (2015) / shortfiction by Douglas RushkoffI'm a What? (2015) / shortfiction by Frank WhiteThe Listeners [The Listeners] (1968) / novelette by James E. GunnThe Emperor of Mars [Near Space] (2010) / novelette by Allen SteeleLunar One (2015) / shortfiction by Jasper T. ScottMy Father's Singularity (2010) / shortstory by Brenda CooperA Delicate Balance (2012) / shortstory by Kevin J. AndersonMore Than the Sum of His Parts (1985) / shortstory by Joe Haldeman Lazarus Rising (1982) / shortstory by Gregory BenfordUnit 574 (2015) / shortfiction by Clayton R. RawlingsPersistence (2015) / shortfiction by Keith WileyThe Boy Who Gave Us the Star (2015)s / shortfiction by J. Daniel BattThe Etiology of Infomania (2015) / shortfiction by Chris Hables GrayWater (2013) / shortstory by Ramez NaamLooking Forward: Dialogs with the Artilects (2015) / shortfiction by Frank W. SudiaTeleporter (2015) /shortfiction by Jim TankersleyThe Spa (2015) / shortfiction by Donald MacleanThe Automated Ones (2015) / shortfiction by Hugh HoweyAfterword (Visions of the Future (2015)  essay by David Brin .
language: English
title: Visions of the Future
publisher: Lifeboat Foundation