Those who turn to science fiction for ideas are going to find a lot to graze on, and that’s not when machine guns are firing off in all directions toward these characters. Le da mucha importancia en parte a lo que es la naturaleza de la conciencia, utilizando tanto la conciencia del pulpo o de los androides como espejos de nuestra propia humanidad y de lo que significa la conciencia. Long after you've closed the final pages, this book will still have you wondering, still have you guessing. Ray Nayler is slavishly faithful to the available information on these enigmatic and astonishing animals, but the result is curiously lifeless, a philosophical thought experiment rather than red (or green! Sabía en parte de lo que son capaces los pulpos unos seres increíbles que muchos no sabréis que son uno de los seres más inteligentes y llenos de recursos del mundo.

Rumors begin to spread of a species of hyperintelligent, dangerous octopus that may have developed its own language and culture. They can change shape, do bizarre things with their skin, and even imitate a shadow running across their skin to startle their prey.Other characters weave in and out of the narrative — including a hacker who is trying to tap into the android’s brain and a man who has been kidnapped and is an illegal worker on a ship run by artificial intelligence. This book probably isn't for everyone, as it's not as plot-driven as space-opera sci-fi as much as food-for-thought, philosophical sci-fi. She has an ally - Evrim, the world's first true android, who thinks like a human and believes it is conscious. Ray Nayler's first book feels like both the entrance to- and the capstone of many themes and subjects he has written about over time. As you might guess from the well done details described above, the writing style is impressive, too.

To use another movie reference, it's a lot like Her, where things are very much the same in the near future but with lots of clever gadgets and tech that seems to make a lot of sense.Esperaba un libro de CF de esos de “primer contacto” que suelen ser muy efectivos pero me he encontrado con un libro en el que ese tema se desarrolla poco o nada hasta este 70%.

Also, there's a bit of time-switching between characters, so that may be disorienting, but I promise that the story manages to fit together decently. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Una muy buena lectura en una época en el que la CF para mi no está brillando demasiado no por calidad, sino por cantidad. Also like story says we have describe 3rd person with gender neutral "O", which would stopped me from saying "his/her/its" like I did above.As introduced to us, the scientist is a recluse, the android is socio-political exile, and the octopuses are a local myth. At the end of the day, your enjoyment of this one might hinge on whether you like to read books that are about biology and the earth’s marine ecosystems if not language and communication. It ended up being a fascinating what-if scenario of what happens when humanity encounters another self-aware species, and how we'd react, particularly considering the context we and this book live in, the climate crisis and political instability. I was nervous to start this because sci-fi isn't usually my thing, but I am incredibly glad to have been wrong here. And there's an underlying theme of the power of all these different sorts of consciousness and whether they seek to establish community and connection or mastery and domination.

a] cerebral but not self-satisfied book that also features welcome episodes of comic relief and tightly choreographed action. I want to help my readers imagine how we might speak across an almost unbridgeable gap of differences, and end forever the loneliness of our species—and our own loneliness.Make all your characters vehicles for plot, synopses of aforementioned octopus facts, or philosophizing about sentience and semiotics. Hatchling sea turtles are helped from beach to water by a tribe of robotic Automonks from Tibet, now a hi-tech power. Her thoughts support and surround the rest of the story, anchoring its dramatic elements in its philosophic themes. For nearly half his life, he has lived and worked outside the United States in the Foreign Service and the Peace Corps, including a stint as Environment, Science, Technology, and Health Officer at the U. I loved the quotes from the invented science book at the beginning of every chapter and almost all of them rang so true in their observations of the oceans and their inhabitants.