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Accelerando
Sign in to saveAccelerando is a 2005 science fiction novel consisting of a series of interconnected short stories written by British author Charles Stross. As well as normal hardback and paperback editions, it was released as a free e-book under the CC BY-NC-ND license. Accelerando won the Locus Award in 2006, and was nominated for several other awards in 2005 and 2006, including the Hugo, Campbell, Clarke, and British Science Fiction Association Awards.
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- Author
- Charles Stross
- First published
- 1900
- Editions
- 8
- Subjects
- Artificial intelligence, Fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Fiction, science fiction, general
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Key facts
- Book.author
- Charles Stross
- Book.language
- English
- Book.country
- United Kingdom & United States
- Book.genre
- Science fiction, short stories
- Book.publisher
- Orbit (UK), Ace (US)
- Book.isbn
- 978-0-441-01284-8
- Book.image
- Accelerando (book cover).jpg
- Book.cover_artist
- Rita Frangie
- Book.release_date
- 5 July 2005
- Book.media_type
- Print (hardcover), Ebook
- Book.pages
- 400 pp
- Book.awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2006)
- Book.dewey
- 813/.6 22
- Book.congress
- PR6119.T79 A63 2005
- Book.oclc
- 57682282
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- 2005-07-05
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- Accelerando
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13 sectionsContents
- Title
- Plot introduction
- Plot concepts
- Characters
- Plot summary and breakdown by story
- Allusions/references to contemporary science
- Awards and nominations
- Individual short stories
- Release details
- Online versions
- See also
- References
- External links
Accelerando is a 2005 science fiction novel consisting of a series of interconnected short stories written by British author Charles Stross. As well as normal hardback and paperback editions, it was released as a free e-book under the CC BY-NC-ND license. Accelerando won the Locus Award in 2006, and was nominated for several other awards in 2005 and 2006, including the Hugo, Campbell, Clarke, and British Science Fiction Association Awards.
==Title== In Italian, accelerando means "speeding up" and is used as a tempo marking in musical notation. In Stross' novel, it refers to the accelerating rate at which humanity in general, and/or the novel's characters, head towards the technological singularity.