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Madeline Ashby

    Madeline Ashbyová je autorkou science fiction a konzultantkou strategického předvídání. Její literární tvorba se noří do hlubin technologického pokroku a jeho dopadů na lidstvo. Ashbyová zkoumá složité etické otázky a neustále se vyvíjející vztahy mezi člověkem a strojem. Její díla jsou charakteristická pronikavým vhledem do budoucnosti a neotřelým pohledem na naši současnost.

    Company Town
    Glass Houses
    ReV
    How to Future
    The Napoleon of Notting Hill
    • The Napoleon of Notting Hill

      • 129 stránek
      • 5 hodin čtení
      5,0(2)Ohodnotit

      A comical futurist fantasy, first published in 1904, about a tradition-loving suburban London community of the 1980's at war with its modernizing neighbors. 7 illustrations by W. Graham Robertson. New Introduction by Martin Gardner.

      The Napoleon of Notting Hill
    • How to Future

      • 240 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení
      4,1(74)Ohodnotit

      Adapt, embrace uncertainties and create more resilient business strategies by mastering the futuring mindset.

      How to Future
    • ReV

      • 400 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení
      3,7(10)Ohodnotit

      The explosive and eagerly awaited conclusion to the award-nominated Machine Dynasty trilogy.

      ReV
    • A masterful near future whodunit for fans of Glass Onion and Black Mirror; join a stranded start-up team led by a terrifyingly realistic charismatic billionaire, a deserted tropical island, and a mysterious AI-driven mansion--as the remaining members disappear one by one. A group of employees and their CEO, celebrating the sale of their remarkable emotion-mapping-AI-algorithm, crash onto a not-quite-deserted tropical island. Luckily, those who survived have found a beautiful, fully-stocked private palace, with all the latest technological updates (though one without connection to the outside world). The house, however, has more secrets than anyone might have guessed, and a much darker reason for having been built and left behind. Kristen, the hyper-competent "chief emotional manager" (i.e., the eccentric boyish billionaire-CEO Sumter's idea of an HR department) is trying to keep her colleagues stable throughout this new challenge, but staying sane seems to be as much of a challenge as staying alive. Being a woman in technology has always meant having to be smarter than anyone expects....and Kristen's survival skills are more impressive than anyone knows.

      Glass Houses
    • Sie nennt sich New Arcadia - eine Stadt auf einer Ölplattform, die sich im Besitz der wohlhabenden Familie Lynch befindet. Die Leibwächterin Hwa ist eine der letzten rein organischen Menschen, aber nicht nur in dieser Hinsicht eine Außenseiterin. Als der jüngste Lynch-Sprössling Joel bedroht wird, und persönlichen Schutz benötigt, wendet sich die Familie an sie. Dann versetzt eine Mordserie die Bewohner der Insel in Angst und Spuren führen auch zu Hwa; nicht nur ihre Zukunft steht auf dem Spiel, sondern die der gesamten »Company Town«.

      Company Town