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Title: Genesis by Poul Anderson ISBN: 0-8125-8028-1 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A thought provoking dystopia.
Comment: This book follows the future human interaction with artificial intelligence. The two main characters, Christian Brannock and Laurinda Ashcroft, go as far as to have their personalities "up-loaded" into this expanding intelligent computer network. As the artificial intelligence grows and spreads, humanity finds it convenient to leave more and more control in the hands of the computers. Finally, once the _computers_ have conquered the stars, Earth is remembered. However, the intelligence in charge of the Sol system has grown more and more evasive and secretive, so Christian Brannock is called upon to investigate and find out what secret the computer of Earth is hiding.
This is a story of the near and far future. It is a dystopia, where humanity, in search of comfort and ease, surrenders its future to technology. But, with the disappearance of striving and overcoming, the flame of humanity is snuffed out. Do the computers care about the love of one couple? No. But do the computers care about the striving and advancement of life? Perhaps...
This book will challenge you to think about the future, and our direction. I found this book highly thought provoking, and more than a little disturbing. Well-written, and reasonably short, you should consider reading it.
Rating: 4
Summary: emotional view
Comment: This book deals with the future assimilation of humans into electronic existance ,much like the famed "Tommorow and tommorow" of Charles Sheffield. True ,it's lingering taste is more emotional ,as Gaia trys to give the human-race the choise to live ,because she is more human then all other nodes in the galactic-brain ,but in the science-fictional aspect I feel "T&T" has been more wild ,maybe more ingenius. I've been more dumb-founded by the sheer influence of Drake Merlin on the universe ,Than touched with the understanding of Gaia's motives.
Maybe it's only me ,though I'm not a "only hard" sci-fi man ,but I believe "T&T" and "Genesis" investigate the same sector of the future ,and although "Genesis" is an excellent book - "T&T" is better. Still I recommend "Genesis" it as a great read.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting, but not a great story
Comment: Genesis is a well-written book containing much interesting speculation, but overall it doesn't hold together so well as a story. Most of the plot is unsuprising - I felt I could predict the characters' actions well in advance, and very little occurred in the course of the story that the characters could not control. I was hoping for a surprising ending in which Gaia's plan is revealed as something interesting and original, but in fact the ending is unspectacular and her plan turns out to be nothing remarkable. But the prose is very evocative, and the book is short and easy to read.
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Title: The Stars Are Also Fire by Poul Anderson ISBN: 0812530225 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Fleet of Stars by Poul Anderson ISBN: 0812545982 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Boat of A Million Years by Poul Anderson ISBN: 0812531353 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Pub. Date: 15 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds ISBN: 0441009425 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 28 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: American Gods by Neil Gaiman ISBN: 0380789035 Publisher: HarperTorch Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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