The science fiction anthology «THE DIGITAL AESTHETE» (in English)

The science fiction anthology «THE DIGITAL AESTHETE. Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI» has been published in English in the USA. The book has been released in an electronic edition and in paper form. The anthology includes 17 SF stories by authors from different countries: Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Japan, Madagascar, South Africa, Sri Lanka, UK, Ukraine, and USA. The anthology includes the short story «The Unknown Painter» by Henry Lion Oldie. The foreword to the book was written by its editor-compiler Alex Shvartsman (USA). All the stories in the anthology address the topic of artificial intelligence and art — and the interaction of AI through art with humans — from a variety of viewpoints. The anthology includes stories by both well-known authors and those whose names are still rising in the sky of world science fiction.
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CONTENTS:

THE BRAVE NEW GENERATIVE WORLD by Alex Shvartsman

SILICON HEARTS by Adrian Tchaikovsky

FORGED by Jane Espenson

A BEAUTIFUL WAR by Fang Zeyu, Translated by Nathan Faries

STAGE SHOWS AND SCHNAUZERS by Tina Connolly

THE MERCER SEAT by Vajra Chandrasekera

GOOD STORIES by Ken Liu

THE FACTORY OF MARKET DESIRES by Rodrigo Culagovski

THE FORMS OF THINGS UNKNOWN by Julie Nováková

EVE & MADA by Mose Njo, Translated by Allison M. Charette

TORSO by H. Pueyo

THE LAUGH MACHINE by Auston Habershaw

THE UNKNOWN PAINTER by Henry Lion Oldie, Translated by Alex Shvartsman

HERMETIC KINGDOM by Ray Nayler

A WORLD OF TRAGIC HEROES by Zhou Wen, Translated by Judith Huang

EMIL’S LABYRINTH by Anna Mikhalevskaya, Translated by Alex Shvartsman

READER ALICE by Taiyo Fujii, Translated by Emily Balistrieri

PROMPT by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko, Translated by Julia Meitov Hersey

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THE DIGITAL AESTHETE

Human Musings on the Intersection of Art and AI

Edited by Alex Shvartsman

Caezik SF & Fantasy in partnership with UFO Publishing

Cover art and graphics design: K.A. Teryna

Copyeditor: Tarryn Thomas

ISBN: 978-1-64710-110-7

First Caezik/UFO Press Edition. First Printing November 2023.