{"product_id":"machine-learning-new-and-collected-stories-9781328767523","title":"Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of shockingly prescient stories covering topics from aliens to AI, including some that have never before been seen, from the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebest-selling author of the Silo trilogy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning millions of fans worldwide, first with his best-selling novel \u003cem\u003eWool, \u003c\/em\u003e and then with other enthralling works such as \u003cem\u003eSand \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBeacon 23\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow comes \u003cem\u003eMachine Learning\u003c\/em\u003e, an impressive collection of Howey's science fiction and fantasy short fiction, including three stories set in the world of \u003cem\u003eWool\u003c\/em\u003e, two never-before-published tales written exclusively for this volume, and fifteen additional stories collected here for the first time. \"Glitch\" asks what happens when a battle bot refuses to fight. \"The Automated Ones\" introduces ideas of discrimination in a world populated by both humans and AI, and its sequel \"WHILE (u \u0026gt; i) i -;\" explores the challenges a human woman and an android face after falling in love. In \"Select Character\" a new mother who is bored with being stuck at home starts playing her husbands' video game according to her own rules-- and makes a surprising discovery. 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowey's incisive mind makes \u003cem\u003eMachine Learning: New and Collected Stories\u003c\/em\u003e a compulsively readable and thought-provoking selection of short works--from a modern master at the top of his game. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHUGH HOWEY is the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde saga and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eUSA Today \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling Wool series. The \u003ci\u003eWool Omnibus \u003c\/i\u003ewon \u003ci\u003eKindle Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e's 2012 Indie Book of the Year Award and has been translated in forty countries.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50649948979474,"sku":"9781328767523","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_215bad20-f2af-4798-a397-77a1ae468620.jpg?v=1733278314","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/machine-learning-new-and-collected-stories-9781328767523","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}