Edge of the Wire
Autor Scott Kenemoreen Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 aug 2024
An elite crew known as the Silkworms are sent to an unknown planet. Their mission is to wire the planet and incorporate it within the all-encompassing and all-knowing system of artificial intelligence called "The Goo." It’s hard to remember a time before The Goo and even harder to imagine a future without it. This advanced system of artificial intelligence anticipates wants, needs, and desires and has an unfailing omniscience.
But when Rowe, a member of the Silkworm crew, discovers mysterious secrets beneath the surface of this unknown planet, his faith in The Goo begins to wane. One twist after another turns Rowe’s mission into a quest for answers and a fight for survival.
Scott Kenemore’s incredible style incorporates elements of horror and satire, making Edge of the Wire a triumph of the science fiction genre that delivers an entertaining yet thoughtful look at our modern condition and the existential crisis of the moment—artificial intelligence.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781945863875
ISBN-10: 1945863870
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Talos
Colecția Talos
ISBN-10: 1945863870
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Talos
Colecția Talos
Notă biografică
Born in New York and educated at Kenyon College and Columbia University, Scott Kenemore is the nationally bestselling author of Lake of Darkness, The Grand Hotel, Zombie, Ohio, and numerous other works of science fiction, horror, fiction, and satire. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
Recenzii
"Brilliantly cinematic with twist after layered twist, Edge of the Wire is a novel that straps you in for a fantastic ride and keeps you guessing until the very end. It’s Golden Age Sci-Fi meets The Matrix, with a danger level to rival Alien. You’ll be thinking about this one for days after you turn the last page. This is the best SF novel I’ve read in years. Yeah, Edge of the Wire is that good."—John Everson, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Night Mother
"A thrilling mix of cerebral and survival sci-fi horror, Scott Kenemore's Edge of the Wire is a compulsively readable peek into the far future of humanity's dependence on AI technology, a ubiquitous force with a name—The Goo—that closely resembles "God" for a reason. Event Horizon meets Annihilation as we follow a crew of men to an alien planet where something terrible befell the previous ship that landed there, leaving its crew dead. The mysteries of the planet, however, contain more than the crew bargained for: mysteries that probe the very nature of consciousness and what it means to be human. This is thoughtful space horror at its finest."—Jo Kaplan, author of It Will Just Be Us and When the Night Bells Ring
"A master storyteller carefully guiding you through a dark descent into the unknown."—John Hornor Jacobs, author of Southern Gods and A Lush and Seething Hell
"Scott Kenemore expertly evokes the golden age of sci-fi to weave a bloody mystery as timely as our modern age."—Christopher Hawkins, author of Downpour
“Scott Kenemore writes with a deadpan wit that makes you keep turning pages.” – The Cleveland Plain Dealer (for Zombie, Ohio)
"Kenemore creates an authentic sense of place and character. . .as well as wittily sustained tension throughout." – Publishers Weekly (starred review for Zombie, Illinois)
“I think Scott Kenemore might be one of the best literary stylists working in the horror field right now. Horror in the heartland has a new master scribe, and his name is Scott Kenemore!” – Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of The Savage Dead and Dog Days (for Zombie, Indiana)
"A thrilling mix of cerebral and survival sci-fi horror, Scott Kenemore's Edge of the Wire is a compulsively readable peek into the far future of humanity's dependence on AI technology, a ubiquitous force with a name—The Goo—that closely resembles "God" for a reason. Event Horizon meets Annihilation as we follow a crew of men to an alien planet where something terrible befell the previous ship that landed there, leaving its crew dead. The mysteries of the planet, however, contain more than the crew bargained for: mysteries that probe the very nature of consciousness and what it means to be human. This is thoughtful space horror at its finest."—Jo Kaplan, author of It Will Just Be Us and When the Night Bells Ring
"A master storyteller carefully guiding you through a dark descent into the unknown."—John Hornor Jacobs, author of Southern Gods and A Lush and Seething Hell
"Scott Kenemore expertly evokes the golden age of sci-fi to weave a bloody mystery as timely as our modern age."—Christopher Hawkins, author of Downpour
“Scott Kenemore writes with a deadpan wit that makes you keep turning pages.” – The Cleveland Plain Dealer (for Zombie, Ohio)
"Kenemore creates an authentic sense of place and character. . .as well as wittily sustained tension throughout." – Publishers Weekly (starred review for Zombie, Illinois)
“I think Scott Kenemore might be one of the best literary stylists working in the horror field right now. Horror in the heartland has a new master scribe, and his name is Scott Kenemore!” – Joe McKinney, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of The Savage Dead and Dog Days (for Zombie, Indiana)