Wireless
by Charles Stross · first published 2009
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Science fiction guru Charles Stross “sizzles with ideas” (Denver Post) in his first major short story collection.The Hugo Award-winning author of such groundbreaking and innovative novels as Accelerando, Halting State, and Saturn’s Children delivers a rich selection of speculative fiction— including a novella original to this volume— brought together for the first time in one collection, showcasing the limitless imagination of one of the twenty-first century’s most daring visionaries.
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on “Ask HN: What are your favorite sci-fi books?” ↗I just finished Wireless last night! Charles Stross is pretty enjoyable. I loved his novel Accelerando. (It’s focused around the singularity and some pretty interesting ideas…)
on “Ask HN: What are you reading right now?” ↗Also, this fictional account appears in Wireless, a collection of short stories and novellas by Stross. It is great to see that medium still alive and publishable. [Edit: format]
on “MAXO signals - A new and unfortunate solution to the Fermi paradox” ↗If you like Ted Chiang and scifi short stories, consider checking out Jay Lake's Last Plane to Heaven, or Charles Stross's Wireless collection. Short stories are such a fantastic and frustrating format, because the best ones blow your mind and leave you wanting another thousand pages.
on “Ted Chiang has won the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's short story prize” ↗Right now, Charlie Stross Wireless, a short story collection. However, what I'm going to read very shortly will be Moby-Dick for the third time; my daughter just read it in her high school English class and it became clear to me that…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading right now?” ↗