by Ramana Rao MLV (Author)
The title of the book is "Hearts & Brains", a sci-fi anthology that attempts to connect the both. The work is to depict Indian signature thought in science fiction milieu.
Random Factor: A woman aspiring to become a 'natural' mother in a futuristic society encounters a random factor that she hasn't anticipated.
Sphere: An Artificial Intelligence psychologist aspiring to create a 'natural' AI lands himself in a strange situation that endangers his very own 'sphere'.
Speck: As astronomy professor and scientist, who experienced the most exhilarating event and the most painful event of her life the same day, forty years ago, finds her 'self' in the most unexpected quarters.
Replay: An expert in Virtual Reality, who came to India to address a seminar with a hidden agenda, faces a situation that changes her life, forever.
Survival: a cosmic event that made a small physiological change in human race results in a series of events that not only endangers human existence but also lays a path for the destiny of human race - to be discovered and followed.