Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future

by Ed Finn (Editor), Kathryn Cramer (Editor), Lawrence M. Krauss (Foreword by), Neal Stephenson (Preface by)

Overview

Hieroglyph: Stories & Visions for a Better Future is an anthology of optimistic science fiction from some of today's most hopeful visionaries.
"This collection could be the shot in the arm our imaginations need. It's an important book and not just for the fiction." —Wall Street Journal
Born of an initiative at the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, this remarkable collection unites a diverse group of celebrated authors, prominent scientists, and creative visionaries who contributed works of "techno-optimism" that challenge us to imagine fully, think broadly, and do Big Stuff—reigniting the iconic visions of the golden age of science fiction.
Inside this volume are marvels of imagination and possibility, including a steel tower so tall that the stratosphere is just an elevator ride away . . . a drone-powered Internet . . . crowdfunded robots descending on the moon . . . cities that work like a single cell of algae powered entirely by the sun . . . and much more.
Engaging, mind-bending, provocative, and imaginative, Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future offers a forward-thinking approach to the intersection of art and technology that has the power to change our world.
Introduction by editors Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer
Foreword by Lawrence M. Krauss
Interview with Paul Davies
Stories by Charlie Jane Anders, Madeline Ashby, Elizabeth Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, James L. Cambias, Brenda Cooper, Cory Doctorow, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Lee Konstantinou, Geoffrey A. Landis, Annalee Newitz, Rudy Rucker, Karl Schroeder, Viranda Singh, Neal Stephenson, and Bruce Sterling

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062204707
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	11/21/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	563
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Ed Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, where he is an assistant professor with a joint appointment in the School of Arts, Media and Engineering and the Department of English. He has worked as a journalist at Time, Slate, and Popular Science.

Kathryn Cramer is a writer, critic, and anthologist, and was co-editor of the Year's Best Fantasy and Year's Best SF series. She has co-edited approximately 30 anthologies. She was a founding editor of The New York Review of Science Fiction, and has a large number of Hugo nominations in the Semiprozine category to show for it. She won a World Fantasy Award for her anthology The Architecture of Fear. Kathryn grew up in Seattle. She holds a B.A. in Mathematics and a masters degree in American Studies, both from from Columbia University in New York. Recently, she has been a consultant for Wolfram Research, L. W. Currey, an antiquarian bookseller, and for ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination. She currently lives in Westport, New York in the Adirondack Park.

Editorial Reviews

…Thought-provoking and fun.

Pacific Standard magazine

This new anthology justly deserves to be ranked alongside the very best collections published within science fiction: Terry Carr’s Universe, Damon Knight’s Orbit, or Robert Silverberg’s New Dimensions.

LA Review of Books

This collection could be the shot in the arm our imaginations need. It’s an important book, and not just for the fiction.

Wall Street Journal

This collection could be the shot in the arm our imaginations need. It’s an important book, and not just for the fiction.

Wall Street Journal

[A]group of visionaries have banded together to offer stories that are more utopian, which they hope will contribute to a more positive future…. …The stories still offer plenty of drama, death and destruction, but many have a sort of happy ending.

New York Times

This collection could be the shot in the arm our imaginations need. It’s an important book, and not just for the fiction.” — Wall Street Journal

“[A]group of visionaries have banded together to offer stories that are more utopian, which they hope will contribute to a more positive future…. …The stories still offer plenty of drama, death and destruction, but many have a sort of happy ending.” — New York Times

“…Thought-provoking and fun.” — Pacific Standard magazine

“This new anthology justly deserves to be ranked alongside the very best collections published within science fiction: Terry Carr’s Universe, Damon Knight’s Orbit, or Robert Silverberg’s New Dimensions.” — LA Review of Books

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