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From the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Nommo award nominated author of Shigidi and The Brass Head Of Obalufon comes a stunning new collection of stories that investigate the rapidly changing role of technology and belief in our lives as we search for meaning, for knowledge, for justice; constantly converging on our future selves.<\/b><\/p>\n

In \u201cAn Arc of Electric Skin,\u201d a roadside mechanic seeking justice volunteers to undergo a procedure that will increase the electrical conductivity of his skin by orders of magnitude. In \u201cBlowout,\u201d a woman races against time and a previously undocumented geological phenomenon to save her brother on the surface of Mars. In \u201cGanger,\u201d a young woman trapped in a city run by machines must transfer her consciousness into an artificial body and find a way to give her life purpose. In \u201cDebut,\u201d Nairobi-based technical support engineer tries to understand what is happening when an AI art system begins malfunctioning in ways that could change the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sixteen stories of Convergence Problems, which include work published for the first time in this collection, rare stories, and recently acclaimed work, showcase Talabi at his creative best: playful and profound, exciting and experimental, always interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Nommo award nominated author of Shigidi and The Brass Head Of Obalufon comes a stunning new collection of stories that investigate the rapidly changing role of technology and belief in our lives as we search for meaning, for knowledge, for justice; constantly converging on our future selves.<\/b><\/p>\n

In \u201cAn Arc of Electric Skin,\u201d a roadside mechanic seeking justice volunteers to undergo a procedure that will increase the electrical conductivity of his skin by orders of magnitude. In \u201cBlowout,\u201d a woman races against time and a previously undocumented geological phenomenon to save her brother on the surface of Mars. In \u201cGanger,\u201d a young woman trapped in a city run by machines must transfer her consciousness into an artificial body and find a way to give her life purpose. In \u201cDebut,\u201d Nairobi-based technical support engineer tries to understand what is happening when an AI art system begins malfunctioning in ways that could change the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sixteen stories of Convergence Problems, which include work published for the first time in this collection, rare stories, and recently acclaimed work, showcase Talabi at his creative best: playful and profound, exciting and experimental, always interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"retailer":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[343],"product_tag":[172,191,431],"class_list":{"0":"post-2294","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-sci-fi","7":"product_tag-fantasy","8":"product_tag-sci-fi","9":"product_tag-wole-talabi","10":"thb-post-share-style1","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"taxable","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-variable"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nConvergence Problems - Masobe Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/masobebooks.com\/ng\/book\/convergence-problems\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Convergence Problems\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From the Hugo, Nebula, Locus and Nommo award nominated author of Shigidi and The Brass Head Of Obalufon comes a stunning new collection of stories that investigate the rapidly changing role of technology and belief in our lives as we search for meaning, for knowledge, for justice; constantly converging on our future selves. 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