Contingency Plans For The Apocalypse And Other Possible Situations

Author : S. B. Divya
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9388322436

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Contingency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Possible Situations by S. B. Divya Pdf

"A sickly biologist shuts herself off from the world and its deadly pollutants to research her beloved microbiota in peace--until a chance encounter drives her to venture out into an unliveable Bangalore. In a dystopian Arizona, a couple performs forbidden life-saving abortions amid the threat of tanks and drones, the strict report of automatic weapons and the spying eyes of neighbours. A young woman competes in a gruelling challenge, determined to win a place in a world where body modifications equal class, and earn the privilege of transcending gender. In this collection of 14 layered stories featuring dying cities, undying humans, cyborg racers and magic beetles, including the Nebula Award finalist Runtime, internationally acclaimed writer and data scientist S.B. Divya treads the line between the present and the future, while exploring the eternal conundrums of identity and love in speculative worlds."--

Author : S.B. Divya
Publisher : Hachette India
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789388322447

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Contingency Plans for the Apocalypse and Other Possible Situations by S.B. Divya Pdf

A sickly biologist shuts herself off from the world and its deadly pollutants to research her beloved microbiota in peace – until a chance encounter drives her to venture out into an unliveable Bangalore. In a dystopian Arizona, a couple performs forbidden life-saving abortions amid the threat of tanks and drones, the strict report of automatic weapons and the spying eyes of neighbours. A young woman competes in a gruelling challenge, determined to win a place in a world where body modifications equal class and grant people the privilege of transcending gender. In this collection of 14 layered stories featuring dying cities, undying humans, amorphous bodies, cyborg racers and magic beetles, internationally acclaimed writer and data scientist S.B. Divya treads the line between the present and the future, while exploring the eternal conundrums of identity and love in speculative worlds.

Author : Renan Bernardo,Nina Munteanu,Cheryl S. Ntumy,Gabriela Damián Miravete,Tlotlo Tsamaase,Lavanya Lakshminarayan,Michalis Manolios,Maria Antònia Martí Escayol,Tarun K. Saint
Publisher : Apex Publications
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Apex Magazine Issue 128 by Renan Bernardo,Nina Munteanu,Cheryl S. Ntumy,Gabriela Damián Miravete,Tlotlo Tsamaase,Lavanya Lakshminarayan,Michalis Manolios,Maria Antònia Martí Escayol,Tarun K. Saint Pdf

Strange. Beautiful. Shocking. Surreal. International futurists edition! Guest-edited by Francesco Verso. APEX MAGAZINE is a digital dark science fiction and fantasy genre zine that features award-winning short fiction, essays, and interviews. Established in 2009, our fiction has won several Hugo and Nebula Awards. We publish every other month. Issue 128 contains the following short stories, essays, reviews, and interviews. EDITORIAL From the Sense of Wonder to the Sense of Wander by Francesco Verso ORIGINAL FICTION Soil of Our Home, Storm of Our Lives by Renan Bernardo Robin's Last Song by Nina Munteanu Godmother by Cheryl S. Ntumy The synchronism of touch by Gabriela Damián Miravete Dreamports by Tlotlo Tsamaase Samsāra in a Teacup by Lavanya Lakshminarayan CLASSIC FICTION Aethra by Michalis Manolios Francine (draft for the September lecture) by Maria Antònia Martí Escayol NONFICTION Highlighting Trends in Indian SF in the Twenty-first Century by Tarun K. Saint REVIEWS Words for Thought: Short Fiction Review by A.C. Wise INTERVIEWS An Interview with Author Renan Bernardo by Marissa van Uden An Interview with Author Nina Munteanu by Rebecca E. Treasure An Interview with Artist Chiara Topo by Jason Sizemore

Author : Jonathan Strahan
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780262376204

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Communications Breakdown by Jonathan Strahan Pdf

An exciting science fiction collection that looks at what future communication might look like and how our shifting relationships with technology could change this most human of capabilities. In Communications Breakdown, award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan asks some of the world’s best science fiction writers to consider how the very idea of communication might change in the future. Rich terrain for speculation, this anthology brims with human stories about the future face of our age-old need to connect. As cyberpunk pioneer William Gibson said, “The future is already here—it’s just not evenly distributed.” So what happens when inequalities keep the future from everyone’s front door? Who is in control? These stories show humanity’s ability to construct the best possible worlds while also battling our potential to inflict unlimited harm. Communications Breakdown features contributions from Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Famer Cory Doctorow, the winner of the Times of India AutHer Award Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Hugo Award winner Ian McDonald, as well as an interview with digital privacy activist Chris Gilliard by author and journalist Tim Maughan. Breaking down how we think about communication, Communications Breakdown calls readers to look at how vulnerable our modes of communication—and indeed, we ourselves—are. Contributors Elizabeth Bear, S.B. Divya, Cory Doctorow, Chris Gilliard, Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Ken Macleod, Tim Maughan, Ian McDonald, Anil Menon, Premee Mohamed, and Shiv Ramdas. Artwork by Ashley Mackenzie

Author : Sami Ahmad Khan
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786837639

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Star Warriors of the Modern Raj by Sami Ahmad Khan Pdf

India is mutating – and its Science Fiction with it. Star Warriors of the Modern Raj is a critical catalogue of contemporary India’s anglophone SF, a path-breaking work that flits between texts, vantage points and frameworks. An alternative to a Eurocentric perspective of SF, this study avoids essentialising definitions and delves into how the world of SF (text) intersects with that of the writer/reader. Fusing paradigms of Science Fiction Studies, South Asian Studies and Postcolonial Studies, among others, the book explicates how India and its SF negotiate one another. It evolves a ‘transMIT thesis’ to analyse how mythology (M), ideology (I) and technology (T) contour Indian SF and its fictional reimaginings. This study identifies the manifestations of divine beings within SF as differing epistemological categories, locates the modes of marginalisation within Indian popular imagination as altars of alterity, before proceeding to analyse how newer technologies engage with socio-political anxieties in and through SF. Interested in learning about Science Fiction and South Asia? Click on the link below to read Mithila Review interview with Sami Ahmad Khan where he discusses his upcoming volume Star Warriors of the Modern Raj. https://mithilareview.com/ahmad_03_21/

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789354353437

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Science Fiction in India by Anonim Pdf

Nominated, 2023 Teaching Literature Book Award Indian Science Fiction has evolved over the years and can be seen making a mark for itself on the global scene. Dalit speculative fiction writer and editor Mimi Mondal is the first SF writer from India to have been nominated for the prestigious Hugo award. In fact, Indian SF addresses themes such as global climate change. Debates around G.C.C are not just limited to science fiction but also permeate in critical discussions on SF. This volume seeks to examine the different ways by which Indian SF narratives construct possible national futures. For this looking forward necessarily germinates from the current positional concerns of the nation. While some work has been done on Indian SF, there is still a perceptible lack of an academic rigor invested into the genre; primarily, perhaps, because of not only its relative unpopularity in India, but also its employment of futuristic sights. Towards the same, among other things, it proposes to study the growth and evolution of science fiction in India as a literary genre which accommodates the duality of the national consciousness as it simultaneously gazes ahead towards the future and glances back at the past. In other words, the book will explore how the tensions generated by the seemingly conflicting forces of tradition and modernity within the Indian historical landscape are realized through characteristic tropes of SF storytelling. It also intends to look at the interplay between the spatio-temporal coordinates of the nation and the SF narratives produced within to see, firstly, how one bears upon the other and, secondly, how processes of governance find relational structures with such narratives. Through these, the volume wishes to interrogate how postcolonial futures promise to articulate a more representative and nuanced picture of a contemporary reality that is rooted in a distinct cultural and colonial past.

Author : Neil Clarke
Publisher : Night Shade Books
Page : 831 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781597806572

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The Best Science Fiction of the Year by Neil Clarke Pdf

From Hugo Award-Winning Editor Neil Clarke, the Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year Collected in a Single Paperback Volume Keeping up-to-date with the most buzzworthy and cutting-edge science fiction requires sifting through countless magazines, e-zines, websites, blogs, original anthologies, single-author collections, and more—a task that can be accomplished by only the most determined and voracious readers. For everyone else, Night Shade Books is proud to present the latest volume of The Best Science Fiction of the Year, a yearly anthology compiled by Hugo and World Fantasy Award–winning editor Neil Clarke, collecting the finest that the genre has to offer, from the biggest names in the field to the most exciting new writers. The best science fiction scrutinizes our culture and politics, examines the limits of the human condition, and zooms across galaxies at faster-than-light speeds, moving from the very near future to the far-flung worlds of tomorrow in the space of a single sentence. Clarke, publisher and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed and award-winning magazine Clarkesworld, has selected the short science fiction (and only science fiction) best representing the previous year’s writing, showcasing the talent, variety, and awesome “sensawunda” that the genre has to offer.

Author : S.B. Divya
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982148072

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Machinehood by S.B. Divya Pdf

Baksidestext: "Welga Ramirez, executive bodyguard and ex-special forces, is about to retire early when her client is killed in front of her. It's, 2095 and people don't usually die from violence. Humanity is entirely dependent on pills that not only help them stay alive but allow them to compete with artificial intelligence in an increasingly competitive gig economy. Machinehood is a thrilling and thought-provoking novel that asks: if we won't see machines as human, will we instead see humans as machines?"

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Computers
ISBN : PURD:32754069242778

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Year 2000 Emergency Management by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform. Subcommittee on Government Management, Information, and Technology Pdf

Author : Michael Clarke,Stephan Frühling
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317177197

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Australia's Nuclear Policy by Michael Clarke,Stephan Frühling Pdf

Australia’s Nuclear Policy: Reconciling Strategic, Economic and Normative Interests critically re-evaluates Australia’s engagement with nuclear weapons, nuclear power and the nuclear fuel cycle since the dawn of the nuclear age. The authors develop a holistic conception of ’nuclear policy’ that extends across the three distinct but related spheres - strategic, economic and normative - that have arisen from the basic ’dual-use’ dilemma of nuclear technology. Existing scholarship on Australia’s nuclear policy has generally grappled with each of these spheres in isolation. In a fresh evaluation of the field, the authors investigate the broader aims of Australian nuclear policy and detail how successive Australian governments have engaged with nuclear issues since 1945. Through its holistic approach, the book demonstrates the logic of seemingly conflicting policy positions at the heart of Australian nuclear policy, including simultaneous reliance on US extended deterrence and the pursuit of nuclear disarmament. Such apparent contradictions highlight the complex relationships between different ends and means of nuclear policy. How successive Australian governments of different political shades have attempted to reconcile these in their nuclear policy over time is a central part of the history and future of Australia’s engagement with the nuclear fuel cycle.

Author : Steven L Spiegel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429722592

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Conflict Management In The Middle East by Steven L Spiegel Pdf

This book explores efforts being made to create Russian-American cooperation in managing recurrent conflict in the Middle East. Theoretical, historical, and policy sections provide the framework for chapters that represent the most current, multinational thinking on issues of war prevention, crisis avoidance, and conflict resolution. The contributo

Author : Alannah Ari Hernandez
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781848882782

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Apocalypse: Imagining the End by Alannah Ari Hernandez Pdf

Author : Marcus Noland
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780881323030

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Avoiding the Apocalypse by Marcus Noland Pdf

On the Korean peninsula one of the greatest success stories of the postwar era confronts a famine-ridden—and possibly nuclear-armed—totalitarian state. The stakes are extraordinarily high for both North and South Korea and for countries such as the United States that have a direct stake in these affairs. This study, the most comprehensive volume to date on the subject, examines the current situation in the two Koreas in terms of three major crises: the nuclear confrontation between the United States and North Korea, the North Korean famine, and the South Korean financial crisis. The future of the peninsula is then explored under three alternative scenarios: successful reform in North Korea, collapse and absorption (as happened in Germany), and "muddling through" in which North Korea, supported by foreign powers, makes ad hoc, regime-preserving reforms that fall short of fundamental transformation.

Author : Andrew Simms
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748119547

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Cancel The Apocalypse by Andrew Simms Pdf

Ever get the feeling that things are falling apart? You're not alone. From bad banks to global warming it can all look hopeless, but what if everything could turn out, well, even better than before? What if the only thing holding us back is a lack of imagination and a surplus of old orthodoxies? In fascinating and iconoclastic detail - on everything from the cash in your pocket to the food on your plate and the shape of our working lives - Cancel the Apocalypse describes how the relentless race for economic growth is not always one worth winning, how excessive materialism has come at a terrible cost to our environment, and hasn't even made us any happier in the process. Simms believes passionately in the human capacity for change, and shows how the good life remains in our grasp. While global warming and financial meltdown might feel like modern day horsemen of the apocalypse, Simms shows how such end of the world scenarios offer us the chance for a new beginning.

Author : S. B. Divya
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789393701688

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Meru by S. B. Divya Pdf

One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species in an epic space opera about aspiration, compassion, and redemption by Hugo and Nebula Award finalist S.B. Divya. For five centuries, human life has been restricted to Earth, while posthuman descendants called alloys freely explore the galaxy. But when the Earthlike planet of Meru is discovered, two unlikely companions venture forth to test the habitability of this unoccupied new world and the future of human-alloy relations. For Jayanthi, the adopted human child of alloy parents, it's an opportunity to rectify the ancient reputation of her species as avaricious and destructive, and to give humanity a new place in the universe. For Vaha, Jayanthi's alloy pilot, it's a daunting yet irresistible adventure to find success as an individual. As the journey challenges their resolve in unexpected ways, the two form a bond that only deepens with their time alone on Meru. But how can Jayanthi succeed at freeing humanity from its past when she and Vaha have been set up to fail? Against all odds, hope is human, too.