Sci-Fi Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft (free)

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Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft is a short anthology of sci-fi stories that were inspired by inviting the authors to the Microsoft company research labs.

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The anthology is, currently, available for free in digital format and includes entries from Elizabeth Bear, Greg Bear, David Brin, Nancy Kress, Ann Leckie, Jack McDevitt, Seanan McGuire and Robert J. Sawyer. It also includes a short graphic novel from Blue Delliquanti and Michele Rosenthal. Joey Camacho contributed artwork.

“The idea was to bring authors in to expose them to what some people might think is science fiction. In a way, you could say the world of Microsoft Research turns science fiction into science fact,” says Steve Clayton, chief storyteller at Microsoft. “We didn’t show them a piece of technology and ask them to please write about that. We showed them technology and introduced them to a group of people, and then asked them, what did it spark in your mind as ideas, where did it inspire you to think the technology may go?”​

The Amazon entry describes it as...

Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft is an anthology of new short work from some of the greatest science fiction writers in the field. These visionary stories explore prediction science, quantum computing, real-time translation, machine learning, and much more. The authors used inside access to leading-edge work from Microsoft Research as inspiration, crafting pieces that predict the near-future of technology%mdash;and examine its complex relationship to our core humanity.​

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