num_pages: 277
description: These stories by Marc Stiegler are about hope: hope that technology is not the destroyer of the human race, but will lead to a future we can hardly imagine. The transformation of humanity through nanotechnology has begun, and Marc Stiegler’s tales, most of which appeared in Analog Science Fiction Magazine, take us to a dangerous, wonder-filled future that may await us, ready or not. For Stiegler, technology is the “gentle seducer” that eases us from mere denizens of planet Earth to Masters of the Universe.
language: English
title: The Gentle Seduction
titlecomplete: The Gentle Seduction
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Technology, Short Stories, Literature, Artificial Intelligence
ratings_count: 176
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novelette for "The Gentle Seduction", awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Analog Award
category: Best Short Story for "The Bully and the Crazy Boy" (1980) and Nominee for Best Novella/Novelette for "The Gentle Seduction"
publisher: Baen