Ken MacLeod new book....
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I don't read much science fiction but Ken MacLeod is one of my favorites. And to hear his new book is based around robots!! W:cool::cool: H:cool::cool:! "Human consciousness can't be saved and stored electronically like a Microsoft product — yet. But Ken MacLeod envisions just such a time in his latest novel, Newton's Wake (Tor, $24.95, 322 pages). Billed as a "space opera," the new book is more of a space opus — a weighty work on the coming nexus of man and machine. The story unfolds in the 24th century, 300 years after "the Hard Rapture," when machines powered by artificial intelligence (A.I.) turned on their human creators in a nuclear war for control of Earth. The machines were victorious. The winners scanned the brains of the human dead and stored the contents electronically for possible reconstitution in the future. The losers fled to distant reaches of space and settled where conditions allowed.... Mr. MacLeod isn't the first science fiction writer to explore the characteristics of consciousness and notice that the boundaries delineating human and artificial intelligence are narrowing. Nor is he the first to write about the concept of space travel facilitated by portals leading to distant regions of space. Still, he has succeeded in fashioning second-hand ideas into a first-rate tale. By entitling his story "Newton's Wake," does the author intend to evoke the long-deceased mathematician? And is it a party or pathway? Prepare to ponder. " http://www.washtimes.com/books/20040807-103946-5785r.htm[^] :cool: < another article describing downloading personalities in more detail http://www.computercrowsnest.com/sfnews2/04_april/review0404_22.shtml[^] :) > Later, JoeSox "Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." --Kahlil Gibran joeswammi.com ↔ humanaiproject.org ↔ joeswammi.com/sinfest
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I don't read much science fiction but Ken MacLeod is one of my favorites. And to hear his new book is based around robots!! W:cool::cool: H:cool::cool:! "Human consciousness can't be saved and stored electronically like a Microsoft product — yet. But Ken MacLeod envisions just such a time in his latest novel, Newton's Wake (Tor, $24.95, 322 pages). Billed as a "space opera," the new book is more of a space opus — a weighty work on the coming nexus of man and machine. The story unfolds in the 24th century, 300 years after "the Hard Rapture," when machines powered by artificial intelligence (A.I.) turned on their human creators in a nuclear war for control of Earth. The machines were victorious. The winners scanned the brains of the human dead and stored the contents electronically for possible reconstitution in the future. The losers fled to distant reaches of space and settled where conditions allowed.... Mr. MacLeod isn't the first science fiction writer to explore the characteristics of consciousness and notice that the boundaries delineating human and artificial intelligence are narrowing. Nor is he the first to write about the concept of space travel facilitated by portals leading to distant regions of space. Still, he has succeeded in fashioning second-hand ideas into a first-rate tale. By entitling his story "Newton's Wake," does the author intend to evoke the long-deceased mathematician? And is it a party or pathway? Prepare to ponder. " http://www.washtimes.com/books/20040807-103946-5785r.htm[^] :cool: < another article describing downloading personalities in more detail http://www.computercrowsnest.com/sfnews2/04_april/review0404_22.shtml[^] :) > Later, JoeSox "Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." --Kahlil Gibran joeswammi.com ↔ humanaiproject.org ↔ joeswammi.com/sinfest
i read this weekend that there will be a 4 part miniseries of Larry Niven's RingWorld (probably next year) on the SciFi Channel - that should be very interesting...:cool: Steve
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I don't read much science fiction but Ken MacLeod is one of my favorites. And to hear his new book is based around robots!! W:cool::cool: H:cool::cool:! "Human consciousness can't be saved and stored electronically like a Microsoft product — yet. But Ken MacLeod envisions just such a time in his latest novel, Newton's Wake (Tor, $24.95, 322 pages). Billed as a "space opera," the new book is more of a space opus — a weighty work on the coming nexus of man and machine. The story unfolds in the 24th century, 300 years after "the Hard Rapture," when machines powered by artificial intelligence (A.I.) turned on their human creators in a nuclear war for control of Earth. The machines were victorious. The winners scanned the brains of the human dead and stored the contents electronically for possible reconstitution in the future. The losers fled to distant reaches of space and settled where conditions allowed.... Mr. MacLeod isn't the first science fiction writer to explore the characteristics of consciousness and notice that the boundaries delineating human and artificial intelligence are narrowing. Nor is he the first to write about the concept of space travel facilitated by portals leading to distant regions of space. Still, he has succeeded in fashioning second-hand ideas into a first-rate tale. By entitling his story "Newton's Wake," does the author intend to evoke the long-deceased mathematician? And is it a party or pathway? Prepare to ponder. " http://www.washtimes.com/books/20040807-103946-5785r.htm[^] :cool: < another article describing downloading personalities in more detail http://www.computercrowsnest.com/sfnews2/04_april/review0404_22.shtml[^] :) > Later, JoeSox "Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." --Kahlil Gibran joeswammi.com ↔ humanaiproject.org ↔ joeswammi.com/sinfest
Is it any good then? I'm sure I saw this in Waterstone's last time I was home... one of the many things I hate about being exiled in LA, I just can't find many of the good authors over here. I loved his Cosmonaut series. Great stuff! Haven't read anything else by him yet, keep meaning to... -- Diane C "I think it would be a good idea." (Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of western civilisation)
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i read this weekend that there will be a 4 part miniseries of Larry Niven's RingWorld (probably next year) on the SciFi Channel - that should be very interesting...:cool: Steve
Steve Mayfield wrote: i read this weekend that there will be a 4 part miniseries of Larry Niven's RingWorld (probably next year) on the SciFi Channel That does sound cool. I had to google Ringworld:-O http://www.larryniven.org/reviews/58.htm[^] Later, JoeSox "Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need." --Kahlil Gibran joeswammi.com ↔ humanaiproject.org ↔ joeswammi.com/sinfest