4 results for "Technology"

Autocorrect - Stories

Etgar Keret
From one of the preeminent literary voices in Israel comes a darkly funny collection of surrealist stories exploring the increasingly complex relationship between humans and technology. Set in our world, alternate realities, distant futures, and the immortal realm, the stories in Autocorrect traverse the wide range of human experience. With wit and creativity, Keret blends the absurd and the profound, juxtaposing life's smallest details with weighty existential questions. A man names an asteroid after his wife only to find that it's on a collision course with Earth in "For the Woman Who Has Everything." In "Squirrels," a widower's husband reincarnates as a rodent, and "Eating Olives at the End of the World" considers proper social etiquette in the face of destruction. Keret's collection speaks to the uncertainty and fragility of our time, expertly capturing its misunderstandings and miscommunications. His stories probe society's uncomfortable truths, searching for meaning in our ever-changing world.
Penguin Group 2026-05-26 208 pages

Living in Hope and History

Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer describes this collection of her non-fiction pieces as a reflection of how I've looked at this century I've lived in. The collection of essays, articles and addresses encompass Gordimer's own evidence of the inequities of apartheid as she saw them in 1956, her account of the bans on literature still in effect in the mid-1970s, through to South Africa's emergence in 1994 as a free country. Gordimer's canvas is global and her themes are wide-ranging. She examines the impact of technology on our expanding world-view, the convergence of the moral and the political in fiction and she reassess the role of the writer in the modern world.
David Phillips Publishers 2000-12-31 256 pages

Raiders of the Lost Plot The 2024 Fark Fiction Anthology

BRIAN. BANDER,D Paul Angel,Daniel J Fox
From across the far reaches of the internet, the community at Fark.com presents . . . Raiders of the Lost Plot: The 2024 Fark Fiction Anthology! Our editors have worked feverishly to bring you the best short fiction of 2024 from the minds and imaginations at Fark, the online community where snark is king and wit reigns supreme. Gods and devils, angels and piglets, mysteries and the mysterious. Space smugglers and fantastic beasts, murders, mayhem, and one very, very important dog all come together with much, much more. And even better, for the ninth year in a row, all proceeds from the sale of this anthology will benefit an excellent children's charity chosen by the posters at Fark.com. So strap in, put a fedora on your squirrel, and get ready, because adventures await and there's all sorts of plots to find! Table of Contents: SOTA by Jason Allard Boring Alice by Mark Suszko Starthief Night by Ann Hosler Transcripture by Anthony Fabbri The Friendly Night Skies by Mark Zec Sunshine Superplant by Charles Montgomery Forbidden Isle by Gevera Bert Piedmont Sen of the Forest by Jaque Davison The Seeker by Dan McKay Strays by Stephen D. Ball The Celestial Bureaucracy by Vincent Spiezio Arzool the Destroyer and the Piglet of Doom by Brian Bander Psycho by Fred Blonder Catastrophe by Maddi Davidson Toking the Eleventh Dimension by Margret A. Treiber Employee 103 by Sim Tree Saffron by R. A. Willis Whom the Gods Would Destroy by D. Paul Angel Empty Country by Otto Marxhausen The Party of the Second Part by Eolas Pellor Accounts of a Haunting by Simina Lungu It Came from the Swamp by Lisa Lahey The Welcoming Flames by Christopher Pate Bell, Book, and Candle by James Defton Welcome to My World by Willin D. Fenster Who Murdered Colonel Sherrington-Smyth? by Joseph Benedetto The Beach House by Ed Ahern Mail Order Bride by Margaret Karmazin False Flag by Philip Ekstrom The House in North Woods by Tennessee Kaplan Against Flesh and Blood by Clayton Emery
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp 2024-12-08 470 pages

A Touch of Recognition

Maxine Cassin
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Creative Media Partners, LLC 2021-09-10 62 pages