{"product_id":"9781479406166","title":"Creative Destruction: Science Fiction Stories","description":"CREATIVE DESTRUCTION presents 8 science fiction stories -- including two short novels -- by bestselling author Edward M. Lerner. All deal with the future of technology and computing. \u003cp\u003e The author writes: \"Computing is mere decades young, a set of technologies we have scarcely begun to develop. It's already been quite a ride. Now: Imagine every gadget around you becoming ever faster, cheaper, tinier, more interconnected, more intelligent . . . especially more intelligent. The stories in Creative Destruction explore what we could face in the next half century or so: artificial intelligence, malicious software to makes us nostalgic for mere viruses, ever-more-perfect virtual reality, direct neural interfaces to computers, ubiquitous networks, and more. The internet. That was nothing.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Included are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e INTRODUCTION, by Stanley Schmidt\u003cbr\u003e FOREWORD, by Edward M. Lerner\u003cbr\u003e THE DAY OF THE RFIDS\u003cbr\u003e SURVIVAL INSTINCT\u003cbr\u003e WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN\u003cbr\u003e BY THE RULES\u003cbr\u003e INIQUITOUS COMPUTING\u003cbr\u003e CATCH A FALLING STAR\u003cbr\u003e SETTLEMENT\u003cbr\u003e CREATIVE DESTRUCTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141745885424,"sku":"9781479406166","price":659.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781479406166_p0.jpg?v=1763616586","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781479406166","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}