Several of the stories in the book deal with a society where robots, cyborgs, androids and machines have been made slaves. Though there is disappointingly little about this book that screams “Swedish”, except for the nationality of the authors and the editor, I would still recommend the book for all lovers of science fiction, because the tales told are a really good read. Many of the tales circle around ethical questions connected to the relationship between humans and machines. As the title of the collection indicates, you will find plenty of stories in it about robots, cyborgs and machines, but the book actually covers quite a broad range of themes, plots and subgenres, stretching from steampunk, horror, fantasy, weird, post apocalypse to space colonies and space travelling. This anthology, edited by Peter Öberg and published by Affront Publishing in 2015, is a collection of twenty-six stories within the speculative genres, all written by authors from Sweden. Suggested retail price: 17.50 USD (e-book 8.Peter Öberg (ed.), Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep. Genre: Science fiction, speculative fiction, anthology, short stories Title: Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep ”Keep Fighting Until the Machines Fall Asleep” – Eva Holmquist ”The Membranes in the Centering Horn” – KG Johansson ”The Publisher’s Reader” – Patrik Centerwall ”A Sense of Foul Play” – Andrew Coulthard ”To Preserve Humankind” – Christina Nordlander ”Jump to the Left, Jump to the Right” – Love Kölle ”Vegatropolis – City of the Beautiful” – Ingrid Remvall ”Melody of the Yellow Bard” – Hans Olsson Stories that are action-packed, wise, silly, beautiful, surreal and horrifying. Stories with steampunk horses, android uprisings and cheeky goblins. Stories ranging from space horror and post-apocalyptic nightmares to tender dramas. Waiting for the Machines to Fall Asleep contains twenty-six stories from the new generation of Swedish writers of science fiction and the fantastic.
26 short stories from the new wave of Swedish speculative fiction writers.įorget about cheap furniture, meatballs and crime fiction.
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