{"product_id":"press-start-to-play-stories-paperback","title":"Press Start to Play: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaniel H. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Joseph Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIT'S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE  TAKE THIS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou are standing in a room filled with books, faced with a difficult decision. Suddenly, one with a distinctive cover catches your eye. It is a groundbreaking anthology of short stories from award-winning writers and game-industry titans who have embarked on a quest to explore what happens when video games and science fiction collide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom text-based adventures to first-person shooters, dungeon crawlers to horror games, these twenty-six stories play with our notion of what video games can be--and what they can become--in smart and singular ways. With a foreword from Ernest Cline, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eReady Player One\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePress Start to Play\u003c\/i\u003e includes work from: Daniel H. Wilson, Charles Yu, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, S.R. Mastrantone, Charlie Jane Anders, Holly Black, Seanan McGuire, Django Wexler, Nicole Feldringer, Chris Avellone, David Barr Kirtley, T.C. Boyle, Marc Laidlaw, Robin Wasserman, Micky Neilson, Cory Doctorow, Jessica Barber, Chris Kluwe, Marguerite K. Bennett, Rhianna Pratchett, Austin Grossman, Yoon Ha Lee, Ken Liu, Catherynne M. Valente, Andy Weir, and Hugh Howey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYour inventory includes keys, a cell phone, and a wallet. What would you like to do?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel H. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel H. Wilson is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and coeditor of the \u003ci\u003ePress Start to Play\u003c\/i\u003e anthology. He earned a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where he also received master's degrees in robotics and in machine learning. He has published more than a dozen scientific papers, holds four patents, and has written eight books. Wilson has written for \u003ci\u003ePopular Science\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as online venues such as MSNBC.com, Gizmodo, Lightspeed, and Tor.com. In 2008, Wilson hosted \u003ci\u003eThe Works\u003c\/i\u003e, a television series on the History Channel that uncovered the science behind everyday stuff. His books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Survive a Robot Uprising\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Boy and His Bot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmped\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRobopocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e (the film adaptation of which is slated to be directed by Steven Spielberg). He lives and writes in Portland, Oregon. Find him on Twitter @danielwilsonPDX. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Joseph Adams \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Joseph Adams is the series editor of \u003ci\u003eBest American Science Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy, \u003c\/i\u003e published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He is also the editor of many other bestselling anthologies, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination, Armored, Brave New Worlds, Wastelands, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Living Dead.\u003c\/i\u003e Recent and forthcoming projects include: \u003ci\u003eLoosed Upon the World, Robot Uprisings, Dead Man's Hand, Operation Arcana, Wastelands 2, and The Apocalypse Triptych, which consists of The End Is Nigh, The End Is Now, \u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e The End Has Come.\u003c\/i\u003e Called \"the reigning king of the anthology world\" by Barnes \u0026amp; Noble, Adams is a winner of the Hugo Award (for which he has been nominated eight times) and is a six-time World Fantasy Award finalist. Adams is also the editor and publisher of the digital magazines \u003ci\u003eLightspeed\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNightmare\u003c\/i\u003e and is a producer for Wired.com's \"The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy\" podcast. 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