Daniel H Wilson
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"An epic, ingenious new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse, The Clockwork Dynasty weaves a riveting path through history and a race of human-like machines that have been hiding among us for untold centuries. In the rugged landscape of eastern Oregon, a young scientist named June uncovers an exquisite artifact--a three-hundred-year-old mechanical doll whose existence seems to validate her obsession with a harrowing...
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In this terrifying tale of humanity's desperate stand against a robot uprising, Wilson has written the most entertaining sci-fi thriller in years in the form of an oral history, told by an international cast of survivors who experienced this bloody confrontation with the machines.
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"In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe came crashing down to Earth and nearly ended the human race. Accidental exposure to the particle--designated The Andromeda Strain--killed every resident of the town of Piedmont, Arizona, save for an elderly man and an infant boy. Over the next five days, a team of top scientists assigned to Project Wildfire worked valiantly to save the world from an epidemic of unimaginable proportions. In the moments before a...
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In this dryly hilarious survival guide, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson teaches worried humans the secrets to quashing a robot mutiny. From fooling face and speech recognition to engaging in hand-to-pincer combat, How to Survive a Robot Uprising covers every possible doomsday scenario facing the newest endangered species: humans. Full of cool illustrations and including a thorough overview of cutting edge robot prototypes, this one-of-a-kind book makes...
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A groundbreaking anthology of short stories from award-winning writers and game-industry titans who have embarked on a quest to explore what happens when video games and science fiction collide. From text-based adventures to first-person shooters, dungeon crawlers to horror games, these twenty-six stories play with our notion of what video games can be-and what they can become-in smart and singular ways.
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It's the twenty-first century and let's be honest—things are a little disappointing. Where are the ray guns, the flying cars, and the hoverboards that we expected? In this entertaining book, roboticist Daniel H. Wilson takes a hilarious look at the future we imagined for ourselves, the world we always wanted.
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Continuing the saga that began in EARTH 2, writer Daniel H. Wilson (EARTH 2: WORLD'S END) and artists Jorge Jimenez (SUPERBOY) and Alisson Borges (LOBO) start civilization from scratch in EARTH 2: SOCIETY VOL. 1: PLANETFALL!
A year has passed since Earth-2 was destroyed by the armies of Apokolips. The survivors of the catastrophic tragedy have now made planetfall on a new world, and, with the help of heroes old and new, built a home.
But some threats...
12) Robot Uprisings
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Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the increasing presence of robots in our lives. With contributions from a mix of bestselling,...
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"The end times come for the Wonders of Earth 2 in WORLD's END volume 2! Racing against time to find out what really happened to Superman, the Wonders of Earth 2 find themselves deep beneath the earth in the clutches of Desaad and his twisted creations. Meanwhile the Avatars of all different realms come to the aid of Green Lantern to fend off the Furies of Apokolips but will their combined might be enough or should they have stayed in captivity? The...
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"Collecting the new weekly series that spotlights the darker, alternate world version of the DC Universe, written by bestselling author Daniel H. Wilson. You never know who will live and who will die in these stories taking place in an alternate version of the DC Universe, where Superman is the world's greatest villain and heroes like Batman, The Flash and others must fight for their very lives. Collects #1-11"--
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"Science fiction and fantasy enjoy a long literary tradition, stretching from Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, and Jules Verne to Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, and William Gibson. In The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy award-winning editor John Joseph Adams delivers a diverse and vibrant collection of stories published in the previous year. Featuring writers with deep science fiction and fantasy backgrounds, along with those who are infusing...
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Earth and its greatest champions have never felt so familiar-or so alien-in this alternate take on the DC Universe by writer DAN ABNETT (AQUAMAN, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY) and artist JORGE JIMÉNEZ (SUPERBOY, EARTH 2: WORLD'S END).
Green Lantern, Superman and a World Army cabinet of "Wonders" have assumed leadership roles in an effort to unite the cities of Earth-2…whether the population of the still-rebuilding world likes it or not.
But the growing...
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New Suns 2 brings you fresh visions of the strange, the unexpected, the shocking -- breakthrough stories, stories shining with emerging truths, stories that pierce stale preconceptions with their beauty and bravery. Like the first New Suns anthology (winner of the World Fantasy, Locus, IGNYTE, and British Fantasy awards), this book liberates writers of many races to tell us tales no one has ever told. Many things come in twos: dualities, binaries,...
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"In the wake of their devastating war with Apokolips, 12 ships of survivors have a chance to rebuild Earth-2 on a twin planet--but the fight isn't over. The chance to take control of a fledgling society is a tempting proposition for a swarm of new super-villains and internal threats, and the heroes of this new world must rely on one another to secure its promising future. How will Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, The Flash, Hawkgirl and their allies...
19) Robot uprisings
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"As real robots creep into our lives, so does a sense of fear--we have all wondered what horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry. This anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the machines we live with. With contributions by Alan Dean Foster, Charles Yu, Hugh Howey, Daniel H. Wilson, Corey Doctorow, Ian McDonald, Ernie Cline, Jeff Abbott, Robin Wasserman, and Anna North, Robot Uprisings...
20) Cyberpunk
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Before email,
before the world wide web,
before hackers,
Before sexting,
before always-on GPS,
before titanium implants,
before Alexa, Cortana, and Siri,
before the computer in your pocket was more powerful than the one that sent astronauts to the moon,
there was cyberpunk.
And science fiction was never the same.
Cyberpunk writers—serious, smart, and courageous in the face of change—exposed the naiveté
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