INFINITE LOOP

Constantine, Larry (editor) (Dan Persons; Brian A. Hopkins; Resa Nelson; L. Roy Cahners; Larry O'Brien; Jeff Carter; Elizabeth Hanes Perry; Glenn R. Sixbury; Linda J. Dunn; Jeff Duntemann; Don Webb; Rosemary Webb; Sandy Stewart; Lois H. Gresh)

ISBN 10: 0879302984 / ISBN 13: 9780879302986

Published by Miller Freeman Books, San Francisco, 1993

About this Item

(x) 310 pp. Quarter-bound in red cloth on mauve boards; lettered in black on the spine; headband. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Wraparound dj art by Mark Wagner. Subtitled: Stories About the Future by the People Creating It, this anthology contains: Foreword by KoAnn Vikoren; Preface by Larry Constantine; I'm Rubber and You're Glue by Dan Persons; My Father's House by Brian A. Hopkins; Stormy versus the Tornadoes by Jeff Duntemann; Love Pets by Resa Nelson; Not My Type by L. Roy Cahners; Soul of an Old Machine by Larry O'Brien; Past Master by Jeff Carter; Boxing Day by Elizabeth Hanes Perry; Dellahar's Father by Larry Constantine; Sammy by Glenn R. Sixbury; Sibling Rivalry by Linda J. Dunn; Bathtub Mary by Jeff Duntemann; A Letter from Bemi III by Don Webb and Rosemary Webb; The Lion and the Snake by Sandy Stewart; Watch Me If You Can by Lois H. Gresh; Flickering Lights by Colin J. Robey; Pygmalion 3.0 - a novelette by Pati Nagle; First Business by Phoebe Bergemann; Cafebabe by Lois H. Gresh; The Animal Game - a novelette by Sonia Orin Lyris; Mint - Uncirculated by Larry Constantine; Folded Like a Paper Dove by Anthony Taylor; Project Lucifer by Norm Hartman; Wet Blanket - a novelette by P. J. Plauger; The Doors of Hypertext by Steve Rasnic Tem; The Dream Pirate's Tale by Kent Brewster; and Time_traveler - verse by Steven Weiss. Size: 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: INFINITE LOOP
• Publisher: Miller Freeman Books, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879302984
• ISBN 13: 9780879302986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Mark Wagner
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fantasy and Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Larry Constantine, well-known pioneer of computer software, writes science fiction. So do a lot of his colleagues, the programmers, analysts, engineers, and managers who are shaping the computer-driven future taking form in labs and programming shops around the world. This is their collection, not an anthology of "computer science" fiction, but diverse stories joined by a common thread; the desire to challenge the boundaries of human thought and to define and explore future possibilities.
You don't have to be a programmer to enjoy these stories. They're stories of human passion and revenge, of liberation and entrapment, stories of whimsy and stories of darker possibilities.
Here you'll get a fresh look at friendship through the eyes of a robot planetary explorer "programmed" to be flexible and resourceful, then sent on a long and lonely mission. You'll see corporate rivalry carried to an imaginative new plane. You'll listen in on the angst-ridden philosophizing of a biotech computer and play games with a zoo-full of animals that are not what they seem to be. You'll step into the shoes of some of tomorrow's harried parents reaching for a technological fix for impossible demands of jobs and children. You'll search for love and fulfillment when any fantasy can be made virtual reality and companionship comes in the shape of a computer - for a fee, of course.