Наоми Критцер

Сборник рассказов - победителей премии Хьюго разных лет. Книга посвящается памяти Хьюго Гернсбека, в честь заслуг которого основана самая престижная премия в области научной фантастики Hugo Award.

Acclaimed writer Naomi Kritzer's marvelous tales of science fiction and fantasy are collected in Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories. Here are seventeen short stories, including her Hugo Award-winning story "Cat Pictures Please," about what would happen if artificial intelligence was born out of our search engine history. Two stories are previously unpublished. Kritzer has a gift for tellin...

Entertaining tale of a modern search engine that achieves real artificial intelligence by accident and decides it wants to be helpful to people.

Номер посвящён людям будущего и их добрым соседям - роботам! Роботам, которые живут и будут жить рядом с людьми, роботам, которые могут стать полноценными членами общества, или когда-нибудь - накануне Сингулярности, - реализуют бунт машин... Мы можем вместе с ними продлить историю цивилизации Земли, они могут продлить её без нас, или же мы можем стать единой удивительной системой, где в общем не ...

With Freedom’s Gate, acclaimed author Naomi Kritzer introduced a dangerous world of magic and intrigue. Now she continues the story of Lauria, a bold young woman who has turned against a way of life she once believed in. . . . Once the trusted aide to powerful military commander Kyros, freeborn Lauria hunted down his escaped slaves. But during a mission to infiltrate the bandit tribe known as t...

From a gifted new voice in fantasy fiction comes the thrilling saga of a war-ravaged land and the remarkable young woman destined to restore it... Fires of the Faithful For sixteen-year-old Eliana, life at her conservatory of music is a pleasant interlude between youth and adulthood, with the hope of a prestigious Imperial Court appointment at the end. But beyond the conservatory walls is a...

A powerful new voice in fantasy fiction, the acclaimed author of Fires of the Faithful continues her enthralling epic of persecution and war, passion and triumph, and of the brave young woman who must succeed in... Turning the Storm She is called musician, rebel, soldier, legend. After months of leading an uprising against the treacherous religious order of the Fedeli and the ruling Circle o...

From the acclaimed author of Fires of the Faithful comes the tale of an impetuous young woman, freeborn in a world of slavery and magic. Twenty-year-old Lauria is the favorite aide to Kyros, a powerful military officer. On his authority, she is messenger, observer, and spy. But now she is entrusted with a mission more dangerous than any that have come before. . . . After years of relative p...

With a magical gift for bringing sorcery to vivid life, acclaimed author Naomi Kritzer continues the suspenseful tale of Lauria and Tamar, sisters-in-arms bonded by blood—and torn apart by their enemies. . . . As a freeborn servant of the Greeks, Lauria once hunted escaped slaves. But as her loyalties shifted, she found herself freeing those she once captured—and loving those she once mistruste...

У Стефани нет смартфона, ей нельзя выкладывать фотографии в интернет и заводить профили в соцсетях. Каждые несколько месяцев они с мамой переезжают из одного городка в другой, потому что за ними охотится отец Стефани — опасный психопат. Однажды жизнь беглецов дает сбой: мама Стефани попадает в больницу, а сама она нечаянно открывает свое местоположение. Стефани откроется удивительная правда о ее д...