Accelerando (novel)

Accelerando (ISBN 0441012841) is a 2005 science fiction novel by British author Charles Stross. It has been released online http://www.accelerando.org/2005/06/28/#download-2 under a creative commons license.

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2005 - Charles Stross - Creative commons

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The book is the story of three generations of a highly dysfunctional family as the world approaches and enters the technological singularity. It was originally written as nine novelettes and novellas, all published in Asimov's Science Fiction. The first three stories follow the character of "venture altruist" Manfred Macx starting in the early 21st Century, the second three stories follow his daughter Amber, and the final three focus largely on her son Sirhan in the completely tranformed world at the end of the century. According to Stross, the initial inspiration for the stories was his experience working as a programmer for a high-growth company during the dot-com boom of the 1990s http://www.accelerando.org/2005/06/10/#sfbc-1.

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Generation - Dysfunctional family - Technological singularity - Novelette - Novella - Asimov's Science Fiction - Dot-com boom

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The original stories, as published in Asimov's Science Fiction:

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• "Lobsters" (June 2001) was shortlisted for the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and Nebula Award for Best Novelette, and was runner-up for the Theodore Sturgeon Award.
• "Troubador" (October/November 2001)
• "Tourist" (February 2002)
• "Halo" (June 2002) was shortlisted for the 2003 Hugo Award for Best Novelette and Theodore Sturgeon Award.
• "Router" (September 2002) was shortlisted for the 2003 BSFA Award.
• "Nightfall" (April 2003) was shortlisted for the 2004 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
• "Curator" (December 2003)
• "Elector" (September 2004) was shortlisted for the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Novella. The original version is available online.
• "Survivor" (October/November 2004)

He has finished a sequel novel entitled Glasshouse, scheduled to be published in 2006.

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