FridayFix Episode # : New book ROBOT UPRISINGS: Who is Petra Prawatt?

The Prawatt Jihad strikes terror into the hearts of sentients all over the galaxy. This race of intelligent, self-replicating machines is shrouded in fear, mystery and mistrust, yet at the center of it all is the “living god” known as Petra Prawatt — a human girl. What is her story? How did she become the focal point of the galaxy’s most-populous — and most-warlike — race?

Find out in “Complex God,” a novelette in the anthology ROBOT UPRISINGS, due out April 8, 2014 (but them pre-order links be below, Jack). Edited by scifi anthology legend John Joseph Adams and ROBOPOCALYPSE author Daniel H. Wilson, this book brings together some serious world-destroying talent.

COVER COPY:
Humans beware. As the robotic revolution continues to creep into our lives, it brings with it an impending sense of doom. What horrifying scenarios might unfold if our technology were to go awry? From self-aware robotic toys to intelligent machines violently malfunctioning, this anthology brings to life the half-formed questions and fears we all have about the increasing presence of robots in our lives. With contributions from a mix of bestselling, award-winning, and up-and-coming writers, and including a rare story by “the father of artificial intelligence,” Dr. John McCarthy, Robot Uprisings meticulously describes the exhilarating and terrifying near-future in which humans can only survive by being cleverer than the rebellious machines they have created.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Foreword—Daniel H. Wilson Complex God—Scott Sigler Cycles—Charles Yu Lullaby—Anna North Eighty Miles an Hour All the Way to Paradise—Genevieve Valentine Executable—Hugh Howey (reprint) The Omnibot Incident—Ernest Cline Epoch—Cory Doctorow (reprint) Human Intelligence—Jeff Abbott The Golden Hour—Julianna Baggott Sleepover—Alastair Reynolds (reprint) Seasoning—Alan Dean Foster Nanonauts! In Battle with Tiny Death-subs!—Ian McDonald Of Dying Heroes and Deathless Deeds—Robin Wasserman The Robot and the Baby—John McCarthy (reprint) We are All Misfit Toys in the Aftermath of the Velveteen War—Seanan McGuire Spider the Artist—Nnedi Okorafor (reprint) Small Things—Daniel H. Wilson