Chasing shadows : visions of our coming transparent world

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Chasing shadows : visions of our coming transparent world

ISBN:

9780765382580

Physical Description:

336 pages ; 25 cm

Contents:

Mine, yours, ours / Jack Skillingstead -- Insistence of vision / David Brin -- Planetbound / Nancy Fulda -- The right's tough / Robert J. Sawyer -- The circuit riders / R. C. Fitzpatrick -- The werewolves of Maplewood / James Morrow -- The road to Oceania / William Gibson -- I see you / Damon Knight -- Eyejacked / David Walton -- FeastWar / Vylar Kaftan -- Your lying eyes / Jack McDevitt -- The disaster stack / Vernor Vinge -- First presentation / Aliette de Bodard -- AfterShift memories / David Ramirez -- Spew / Neal Stephenson -- Private life in cyberspace / John Perry Barlow -- Elderjoy / Gregory Benford -- Street life in the Emerald City / Brenda Cooper -- The eyes have it / Stephen W. Potts -- Preferences / Cat Rambo -- Vectors / Stephen Gaskell -- Public domain / Scott Sigler -- To see the invisible man / Robert Silverberg -- The disconnected / Ramez Naam -- Eminence / Karl Schroeder -- Sport / Kathleen Ann Goonan -- Elephant on table / Bruce Sterling -- A tsunami of light / afterword by David Brin.

Subject Term:

Internet.

Freedom of information.

Privacy, Right of.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Added Author:

Brin, David.

Potts, Stephen W., 1949-

Summary:

"David Brin, Hugo award-winning author of The Uplift War, presents a collection of short stories and essays by other science fiction luminaries. As we debate Internet privacy, revenge porn, the NSA, and Edward Snowden, cameras get smaller, faster, and more numerous. Has Orwell's Big Brother finally come to pass? Or have we become a global society of thousands of Little Brothers--watching, judging, and reporting on one another? Partnering with the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination, and inspired by Brin's nonfiction book The Transparent Society, noted author and futurist David Brin and scholar Stephen Potts have compiled essays and short stories from writers such as Robert J. Sawyer, James Morrow, William Gibson, Damon Knight, Jack McDevitt, and many others to examine the benefits and pitfalls of technologic transparency in all its permutations."--

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David Brin, Hugo award-winning author of The Uplift War , presents Chasing Shadows , a collection of short stories and essays by other science fiction luminaries. As we debate Internet privacy, revenge porn, the NSA, and Edward Snowden, cameras get smaller, faster, and more numerous. Has Orwell's Big Brother finally come to pass? Or have we become a global society of thousands of Little Brothers--watching, judging, and reporting on one another?

Partnering with the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination, and inspired by Brin's nonfiction book The Transparent Society , noted author and futurist David Brin and scholar Stephen Potts have compiled essays and short stories from writers such as Robert J. Sawyer, James Morrow, William Gibson, Damon Knight, Jack McDevitt, and many others to examine the benefits and pitfalls of technologic transparency in all its permutations.

Author Notes

DAVID BRIN is a scientist, speaker, technical consultant, and well-known author. His novels have been New York Times bestsellers, winning multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards among others. Brin lives near San Diego, California.

STEPHEN W. POTTS is a professor in the Department of Literature at the University of California at San Diego specializing in twentieth-century fiction and popular culture.

James GunnJack SkillingsteadDavid BrinNancy FiddaRobert J. SawyerR. C. FitzpatriclzJames MorrowWilliam GibsonDamon KnightDavid WaltonVylar KaftanJack McDevittVernor VingeAliette de BodardDavid RamirezNeal StephensonJohn Perry BarlowGregory BenfordBrenda CooperStephen W. PottsCat RamboStephen GaskellScott SiglerRobert SilverbergRamez NaamKarl SchroederKathleen Ann GoonanBruce SterlingDavid Brin

Introduction: Private Lives	p. 15
Ad Justitiam Per Lucem
Mine, Yours, Ours	p. 25
Insistence of Vision	p. 36
Planetbound	p. 42
The Rights Tough	p. 51
The Circuit Riders	p. 60
The Werewolves of Maple wood	p. 72
The Road to Oceania	p. 86
Surveillance-Sousveillance
I See You	p. 91
Eyejacked	p. 102
Feast War	p. 113
Your Lying Eyes	p. 131
The Disaster Stack	p. 138
Lies and Private Lives
First Presentation	p. 147
AfterShift Memories	p. 160
Spew	p. 170
Private Life in Cyberspace	p. 184
Big Brother, Little Brother, Village
Elderjoy	p. 191
Street life in the Emerald City	p. 196
The Eyes Have It	p. 208
No Place to Hide
Preferences	p. 217
Vectors	p. 222
Public Domain	p. 240
To See the Invisible Man	p. 252
The Disconnected	p. 263
Looking Back... and Looking Up
Eminence	p. 271
Sport	p. 286
Elephant on Table	p. 302
A Tsunami of Light Afterword	p. 322

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