Creative Destruction, page 31
And breathing down our necks is even more ....
Artificial intelligence and artificial life. Ubiquitous computing, pervasive RFIDs, and data mining. Virtual reality and neural interfaces. The Internet grown into, if not InterstellarNet, an interplanetary network. Robots that fly our planes, fight our wars, and explore ever more distant worlds. We’ve scarcely scratched the surface of what’s possible.
I’d better get back to writing.
Edward M. Lerner
November, 2005
Acknowledgments
Prior publications (in order of appearance):
“The Day of the RFIDs” copyright © 2005 by Edward M. Lerner. First appeared in Future Washington.
“Survival Instinct” copyright © 2002 by Edward M. Lerner. First appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October and November 2002.
“What a Piece of Work Is Man” copyright © 1990 by Edward M. Lerner. First appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1991.
“By the Rules” copyright © 2003 by Edward M. Lerner. First appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 2003.
“Iniquitous Computing” copyright © 2001 by Edward M. Lerner. First appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July/August 2002.
“Catch a Falling Star” copyright © 2005 by Edward M. Lerner.
“Settlement” copyright © 2000 by Edward M. Lerner. First appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 2001.
“Creative Destruction” copyright © 2001 by Edward M. Lerner. First appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2001.
About the Author
EDWARD M. LERNER worked in high tech and aerospace for thirty years, as everything from engineer to senior vice president, for much of that time writing science fiction as his hobby. Since 2004 he has written full-time.
His novels range from near-future technothrillers, like Small Miracles and Energized, to traditional SF, like Dark Secret and his InterstellarNet series, to (collaborating with Larry Niven) the space-opera epic Fleet of Worlds series of Ringworld companion novels. Lerner’s 2015 novel, InterstellarNet: Enigma, won the inaugural Canopus Award “honoring excellence in interstellar writing.” His fiction has also been nominated for Locus, Prometheus, and Hugo awards.
Lerner’s short fiction has appeared in anthologies, collections, and many of the usual SF magazines and websites. He also writes about science and technology, notably including Trope-ing the Light Fantastic: The Science Behind the Fiction.
Lerner lives in Virginia with his wife, Ruth.
His website is www.edwardmlerner.com.
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