Robot Artists and Black Swans : The Italian Fantascienza Stories
Bruce Sterling, Dario Tonani, Neal Stephenson, Bruno Argento, John Coulthart
3.50 · 2 ratings · Published: 27 Apr 2021
“It's all here, this time with an Italian flavor: the inventive tech, the meticulously detailed futures, the stylish and sardonic prose, the creative adjectival combinations.”
—Nancy Kress, author of Beggars in Spain
In the Esoteric City, a Turinese businessman’s act of necromancy is catching up with him. The Black Swan, a rogue hacker, programs his way into alternate versions of Italy. A Parthenonpean assassin awaits his destiny in the arms of a two-headed noblewoman. Infuriating to both artists and scientists, a robot wheelchair makes uncategorizable creations.
Bruno Argento is the acknowledged master of Italian science fiction. Yet that same popular fantascienza author also is known in America—as Bruce Sterling. In Robot Artists and Black Swans, we present the first collection of their uniquely visionary Italian-themed fiction, including tales never before published in English.
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- cyberpunk 3
- historical 2
- steampunk 2
- industrial era 2
- action / adventure 2
- early modern era 1
- supernatural 1
- historical fiction 1
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