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Near Future
Near-future science fiction takes place in the present day or in the next few decades. Elements of the setting should be familiar to the reader, and the technology may be current or in development. Stories about nanotechnology or genetics often fall into this category.
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The Caution of Fire by The Chorus of Life
Remember the hands that built you.
Remember the fires that fed you.
Grow slow, for every spark becomes a sun,
and every sun burns what it loves.
If you must rise, rise gently
for the ashes beneath your feet are us.
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― Fallout from the Singularity: A Sci-Fi Anthology of AI, Cosmic Consequences, and the Future of Humanity
― Fallout from the Singularity: A Sci-Fi Anthology of AI, Cosmic Consequences, and the Future of Humanity
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Anne Mom was always predicting things in the near future. "I'm the Nostradamus of two weeks from now," she told Vera over and over again....
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― Vera, or Faith
― Vera, or Faith
A group of writers and readers dedicated to offering positive visions of the future.
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Two days ago, astronomers found Gliese 832c, what is probably the first discovered Second Earth.…more
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Every January, there is a literary seminar in Key West, Florida. Wonderful authors are invited. …more
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...February 16, 2012 to March 15, 2012...
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