Name: Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories
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Author: Hugh Howey
ISBN: 9781328767523

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Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories

Type

Physical Book

Author

Hugh Howey

Publisher

William Morrow and Company

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.3 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781328767523

Synopsis "Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories"

A new collection of stories, including some that have never before been seen, from the New York Times best-selling author of the Silo trilogyHugh Howey is known for crafting riveting and immersive page-turners of boundless imagination, spawning millions of fans worldwide, first with his best-selling novel Wool, and then with other enthralling works such as Sand and Beacon 23. Now comes Machine Learning, an impressive collection of Howey's science fiction and fantasy short fiction, including three stories set in the world of Wool, two never-before-published tales written exclusively for this volume, and fifteen additional stories collected here for the first time. 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. Howey's incisive mind makes Machine Learning: New and Collected Stories a compulsively readable and thought-provoking selection of short works--from a modern master at the top of his game.

Hugh Howey

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Hugh Howey is a former bookseller who has achieved his dream: writing and being able to live off it, thanks to his bestseller Wool. He currently lives in Jupiter, Florida, with his wife, Amber, and his dog, Bella.
In 2011, the online bookstore Amazon witnessed the birth of a new sales phenomenon on its website, on par with Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James. Wool (originally titled Wool) was self-published by its author, Hugh Howey, in electronic format and within a few months had positioned itself among the top spots on The New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists. Given the expectations created and backed by an unprecedented public and critical success, the publisher Simon & Schuster decided to acquire the paper publication rights and launched the book to the market last March.

Wool was originally published as five short stories; the success achieved with the first of the tales was what motivated Howey to continue developing the world he had created. With the strategy of serial publication, and thanks to word-of-mouth, Howey managed to attract new followers with each new publication.
This was the beginning of Wool, a phenomenon that has sold 500,000 eBooks on Amazon and will be published in eighteen countries. The film rights to the book have been acquired by Century Fox and the big screen adaptation will feature production by Ridley Scott and screenwriter Steven Zaillian (responsible for works such as Schindler's List or Gangs of New York).

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