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Edizione in doppia lingua inglese e italiano
India, futuro prossimo: questi nove racconti, come fili protesi verso il domani, esplorano il variegato arazzo della narrativa di speculazione indiana, toccando temi come l’avvento della biopolitica, i collegamenti tra i nuovi (social) media e il linguaggio, l’ascesa inesorabile di Big Data e algoritmi, la diffusione delle stampanti 3D, il riscorso sempre maggiore a protesi e potenziamento umano, senza tralasciare i rischi connessi all’uso delle biotecnologie e della sorveglianza informatica, per finire con i dilemmi filosofici posti all’immortalità dalla presenza degli avatar virtuali e l’emergenza climatica nell’era dell’Antropocene. Per provare a comprendere le questioni più impellenti dei nostri tempi dobbiamo rivolgere lo sguardo al futuro.
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Avatar: un’antologia di Science Fiction contemporanea dall’India, introduzione di Tarun K. Saint
L’uomo senza quintessenza di Anil Menon
Microbiota e le masse: una storia d’amore di S.B. Divya
Comunitario di Shikhandin
La rete di Indra di Vandana Singh
Sostituzione di Rimi B. Chatterjee
Upgrade di Manjula Padmanabhan
Madre di Shovon Chowdhury
Messo in pausa di Priya Sarukkai Chabria
La via della seta di Giti Chandra
India, the near future: these nine stories, like threads reaching towards tomorrow, explore the variegated tapestry of Indian speculative fiction, touching on themes like the advent of bio-politics, the connections between new (social) media and language, the inexorable rise of Big Data and algorithms, the spread of 3D printers, and the increasing use of prosthetics and human enhancement, without neglecting the risks associated with the use of bio-technologies and computer surveillance, concluding with the philosophical dilemmas posed to immortality by the presence of virtual avatars and the climate emergency in the era of the Anthropocene. To try to understand the most pressing issues of our times, we need to look at the future.
Table of Contents
Avatar: an Anthology of Contemporary Science Fiction from India, Introduction by Tarun K. Saint
The Man Without Quintessence by Anil Menon
Microbiota and the Masses: A Love Story by S.B. Divya
Communal by Shikhandin
Indra’s Web by Vandana Singh
Replacement by Rimi B. Chatterjee
Upgrade by Manjula Padmanabhan
Mother by Shovon Chowdhury
Paused by Priya Sarukkai Chabria
The Silk Route by Giti Chandra
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