Eating Robots: And Other Stories
by Stephen Oram
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Pub Date 31 May 2017 | Archive Date 7 Jun 2017
Cameron Publicity & Marketing Ltd | Silverwood Books
Description
Step into a high-tech vision of the future with the author of Quantum Confessions and Fluence. A literary Black Mirror.
The future is bright...or is it?
Featuring health-monitoring mirrors, tele-empathic romances and limb-repossessing bailiffs, Eating Robots explores the collision of utopian dreams and twisted realities in a world where humanity and technology are becoming ever more intertwined.
Sometimes funny, often unsettling, and always with a word of warning, these thirty sci-fi shorts will stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page.
Stephen Oram writes thought-provoking stories that mix science fiction with social comment, mainly in a recognisable near-future. He is the Author in Residence at Virtual Futures, once described by 'The Guardian' as "the Glastonbury of cyberculture". He's keen on collaborating with scientists and future-tech people to write short stories that provoke debate about potential futures; the title story, 'Eating Robots', came from working with the Human Brain Project and Bristol Robotics Laboratory. He has two published novels, 'Quantum Confessions' and 'Fluence', and several shorter pieces.
Advance Praise
"Eating Robots is a strong collection that melds together coherently into a near-future dystopian vision that extrapolates upon and slyly comments on trends and tendencies today. Like all good Science Fiction should.” — Allen Ashley, British Fantasy Society Short Story Competition judge
"This collection offers an insightful, often worrying, set of thought experiments on the possible unintended consequences of near-future AI.” — Alan Winfield, Professor of Robot Ethics at UWE, Bristol
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781781326220 |
| PRICE | £6.99 (GBP) |
Featured Reviews
Kathryn P, Reviewer
This is a collection of 30 short science fiction stories. A lot of different stories that were interesting but a few I thought were too short. I did love this collection though.
I would have liked some to be longer than a few pages as as soon as you got into the story it cuts of sharply. A lot were fantastic though so this is worth picking up for those quick reads. The writing style was great and the stories flowed well so I would be happy to read more from this author.
Elisa R, Reviewer
What a fantastic collection of stories! All set in an eerily recognizable future, they seem like an uncomfortable warning. There are robots and physical enhancements to humans, but the changes to our current world are so subtle that they seem plausible. The descriptions are so realistic and complete, that it's like being there. Some of the stories are very dark, but they all have an undercurrent of optimism and ultimate belief in human kindness. The real threat seems to be the system and technology, but people are basically good, even when misguided. This book really planted ideas in my mind, and I will keep thinking about it for a while.
Bookseller 180456
A great collection of different short stories ranging from thought provoking to just plain entertaining. I never realized how much could be conveyed in less than a page. Great collection!
Thomas J, Media/Journalist
A selection of short stories concerning technology.
Each story is quite short, never more than 6 or so pages at most.
There is also notes at the end from scientists responding to some of the stories.
I enjoyed the fact the stories offer a brief glimpse into the worlds although that can be a little frustrating.
Worth a read.
