{"product_id":"more-human-than-human-stories-of-androids-robots-and-manufactured-humanity-9781597809146","title":"More Human Than Human: Stories of Androids, Robots, and Manufactured Humanity","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClarkesworld\u003c\/i\u003e publisher Neil Clarke collects a reprint anthology of artificial human-themed short fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The idea of creating an artificial human is an old one. One of the earliest science-fictional novels, \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e, concerned itself primarily with the hubris of creation, and one's relationship to one's creator. Later versions of this \"artificial human\" story (and indeed later adaptations of \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e) changed the focus to more modernist questions... What is the nature of humanity? What does it mean to be human? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These stories continued through the golden age of science fiction with Isaac Asimov's I Robot story cycle, and then through post-modern iterations from new wave writers like Philip K. Dick. Today, this compelling science fiction trope persists in mass media narratives like \u003ci\u003eWestworld\u003c\/i\u003e and Ridley Scott's \u003ci\u003eBlade Runner\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as twenty-first century science fiction novels like Charles Stross's \u003ci\u003eSaturn's Children\u003c\/i\u003e and Paolo Bacigalupi's \u003ci\u003eThe Windup Girl\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The short stories in \u003ci\u003eMore Human than Human\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrate the depth and breadth of artificial humanity in contemporary science fiction. Issues of passing . . . of what it is to be human . . . of autonomy and slavery and oppression, and yes, the hubris of creation; these ideas have fascinated us for at least two hundred years, and this selection of stories demonstrates why it is such an alluring and recurring conceit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Night Shade Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597809146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2017 pg. 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Neil Clarke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925092962485,"sku":"9781597809146","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7838e910-e401-4be6-9175-c556d95fea1b.jpg?v=1687845366","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/more-human-than-human-stories-of-androids-robots-and-manufactured-humanity-9781597809146","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}