This prequel about AI after the fall of humanity is even better than the fantastic first novel in the series

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after the fall of humanity?

Aren’t we in the middle of that, Right Now?

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We are in the prequel to the prequel.

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Which means the winter of humanity is just around the corner.

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@jlw I am curious: can the two books be read in reverse order?

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Is it just me, or recent SF books are a bit too much about horrid future hellscapes? If science fiction is escapism, that’s exactly what I wish to escape from!

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Science fiction has never been about escapism. It’s about the problems we have today.

ETA: so of course it’s all hellish dystopias

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I think it’ll stand alone but may lose some oomph? A lot of sea of rust world building doesn’t get repeated in day zero

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Time to store those nuts!

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Thanks, that’s exactly what I wanted to know :slight_smile:

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