Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories

Hugh Howey

HarperCollins, Oct 3, 2017 - Fiction - 352 pages

A new collection of stories, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogy

Hugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning millions of fans worldwide, first with his best-selling novel Wool, and then with other enthralling works such as Sand and Beacon 23.  

Now comes Machine Learning, an impressive collection of Howey’s science fiction and fantasy short fiction, including three stories set in the world of Wool, two never-before-published tales written exclusively for this volume, and fifteen additional stories collected here for the first time. These stories explore everything from artificial intelligence to parallel universes to video games, and each story is accompanied by an author’s note exploring the background and genesis of each story.  

Howey’s incisive mind makes Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories a compulsively readable and thought-provoking selection of short works—from a modern master at the top of his game.  

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User Review  - Guide2 - LibraryThing

Collection of short stories on various topics from fantasy, AI, sci-fi and even Silo. Some interesting stories and fun read, but nothing earth shattering overall.

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User Review  - auntmarge64 - LibraryThing

Anyone who's loved Howey's phenomenally popular "Silo", "Wool" and "Sand" series will be well-rewarded with this collection. A few of the stories have been available on Amazon as singles, but most are ...

Contents

• Artificial Intelligences: 59
• Silo Stories: 111
• Fantasy: 175
• Algorithms of Love and Hate: 203
• Virtual Worlds: 233
• Lost and Found: 293
• Back Matter: 331
• Back Flap: 335
• Back Cover: 336
• Spine: 337

About the author

HUGH HOWEY is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of Wool, Shift, Dust, Beacon 23, Sand, and Machine Learning. His works have been translated into more than forty languages and have sold more than three million copies worldwide. Wool and Beacon 23 are currently in development for television at AMC, and Sand is in development at Amazon.When Hugh is not aboard the Wayfinder, a fifty-foot catamaran that he is sails around the world, he is based in New York.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories
• Author: Hugh Howey
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 2017
• ISBN: 1328764338, 9781328764331
• Length: 352 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Dystopian; Fiction / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic; Fiction / Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies; Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Fiction / Short Stories (single author)