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</style><table class="infobox ib-book vcard"><caption class="infobox-title">A.I.s <span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=A.I.s&amp;rft.date=2004&amp;rft.pub=%5B%5BAce+Books%5D%5D&amp;rft.place=United+States&amp;rft.pages=x%2C+294&amp;rft.series=%5B%5BJack+Dann+and+Gardner+Dozois+Ace+anthology+series%5D%5D"></span></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><img src="./_assets_/c8f24dc75f9c782269c846c9b17e400f/AIs-anthology.jpg" decoding="async" width="249" height="400" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="400" loading="lazy"></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cover of first edition</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editors</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Jack_Dann" title="Jack Dann">Jack Dann</a> and <a href="Gardner_Dozois" title="Gardner Dozois">Gardner Dozois</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cover&nbsp;artist</th><td class="infobox-data">AXB Group</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Series</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Jack_Dann_and_Gardner_Dozois_Ace_anthology_series" title="Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Ace anthology series">Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Ace anthology series</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">Science fiction</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publisher</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Ace_Books" title="Ace Books">Ace Books</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2004</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media&nbsp;type</th><td class="infobox-data">Print (paperback)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pages</th><td class="infobox-data">x, 294</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1333433106">
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</style><bdi>0-441-01216-7</bdi></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded&nbsp;by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="Future_Crimes" title="Future Crimes">Future Crimes</a>&nbsp;</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Followed&nbsp;by</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="Robots_(Ace_anthology)" title="Robots (Ace anthology)">Robots</a>&nbsp;</i></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><i><b>A.I.s</b></i> is a themed <a href="Anthology" title="Anthology">anthology</a> of <a href="Science_fiction" title="Science fiction">science fiction</a> short works edited by American writers <a href="Jack_Dann" title="Jack Dann">Jack Dann</a> and <a href="Gardner_Dozois" title="Gardner Dozois">Gardner Dozois</a>. It was first published in paperback by <a href="Ace_Books" title="Ace Books">Ace Books</a> in December 2004. It was reissued as an ebook by <a href="Baen_Books" title="Baen Books">Baen Books</a> in June 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-ISFDB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISFDB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>The book collects ten novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, together with a preface by the editors.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contents">Contents</h2></div>
<ul><li>"Preface" (<a href="Jack_Dann" title="Jack Dann">Jack Dann</a> and <a href="Gardner_Dozois" title="Gardner Dozois">Gardner Dozois</a>)</li>
<li>"Antibodies" (<a href="Charles_Stross" title="Charles Stross">Charles Stross</a>)</li>
<li>"Trojan Horse" (<a href="Michael_Swanwick" title="Michael Swanwick">Michael Swanwick</a>)</li>
<li>"Birth Day" (<a href="Robert_Reed_(author)" title="Robert Reed (author)">Robert Reed</a>)</li>
<li>"The Hydrogen Wall" (<a href="Gregory_Benford" title="Gregory Benford">Gregory Benford</a>)</li>
<li>"The Turing Test" (<a href="Chris_Beckett" title="Chris Beckett">Chris Beckett</a>)</li>
<li>"Dante Dreams" (<a href="Stephen_Baxter_(author)" title="Stephen Baxter (author)">Stephen Baxter</a>)</li>
<li>"The Names of All the Spirits" (J. R. Dunn)</li>
<li>"From the Corner of My Eye" (Alexander Glass)</li>
<li>"Halfjack" (<a href="Roger_Zelazny" title="Roger Zelazny">Roger Zelazny</a>)</li>
<li>"Computer Virus" (<a href="Nancy_Kress" title="Nancy Kress">Nancy Kress</a>)</li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-ISFDB-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ISFDB_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?157735"><i>A.I.s</i></a> title listing at the <a href="Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database" title="Internet Speculative Fiction Database">Internet Speculative Fiction Database</a></span>
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