Wednesday, June 16, 2010

you and the singularity...

Though its not in a paper/bound format the online magazine Clarkesworld publishes some fantastic speculative fiction all free of charge (and like public radio if you read you should donate to their future existance by becoming a citizen - check the website) along with interviews and fact articles.

This months offerings include a great short story by Brenda Cooper who wrote Reading the Wind, Bright of the Sky and has written a novella and novel with Larry Niven which I forget the title of.

The tale in Clarkesworld is a post singularity story set in her home area near Seattle about a boy growing up in the wake of a singularity event that will change his life but most likely won't help the dad that he loves. Throughout his life his father had told him that he would live in a world made unimaginable by the coming change. It is a good tale about how the singularity may not really change people all that much since people are still motivated by their needs and desires. I would encourage people to check it out if they like the work of Charles Stross.

I enjoy the post human tales since they usually involve lots of wacky imagination and invention... I liked this one because to me it focused on how we will remain human none the less despite the change technology will make in us. Also it touches on the way the event if it happens would really be a generation gap event...

Anyway go check out Clarkesworld and look around there are lots of good writing there...

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