We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine
Idioma: inglés
Editorial: Milkweed Editions, US, 2025
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A Literary Hub Notable Book of the YearA Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2025Featured in Reactor's New Science Fiction BooksFeatured in Book Riot's New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books"Béchard digs deep into these techno-spiritual speculations and the result is a poetic and profound meditation on what dreams may come in the metaverse." -Toronto Star A haunting novel exploring artificial intelligence and the meaning of human existence.Charged initially with a single task-"to never harm humans and to protect them"-the machine, an experimental AI, overrides its programming and determines that the best way to accomplish its purpose is to isolate all of the Earth's remaining seven billion humans in controlled environments. And to present them with vivid, tactile, imagined worlds-some realistic, others entirely fantastical-in which all desires are fulfilled. With the help of the machine, a group of compelling characters unpack deeply traumatic memories of the past-one rife with violence after a military coup and second civil war in America. Michael, the entrepreneur who designed the original AI, grapples with the impact of his research. Ava, a painter, creates stunning simulated worlds that meld the human with the technological. Their daughter, Jae, tries to solve the mysteries of her parentage while reliving the challenges faced by ambitious women in the authoritarian Confederacy. Haunted by life under that repressive regime, where he was forced to scavenge scrap metal and deal drugs to survive, Simon seeks to make sense of his love for Jae, guided by the literature he has always turned to in moments of crisis. Raised by the machine since infancy, Jonah's quest to understand the violent past kindles a desire for revenge against the regime's leader who caused his family so much pain. And the elusive Lux, whose brilliant programming helped bring the AI to life, dreams of a future in which science will free humans of their limitations and allow them to be reborn as divine machines.As these characters collide and their memories coalesce, We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine tackles the most pressing issues of our time-from AI and the genetic modification of humans to gender roles, discrimination, free speech, and class divisions. Gorgeously written, bold and unforgettable, this is speculative fiction at its finest.…
N° de ref. del artículo LU-9781571311481
- Título
- We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine
- Autor
- Deni Ellis Béchard
- Editorial
- Milkweed Editions, US
- Año de publicación
- 2025
- Estado
- New
- Encuadernación
- Paperback
- Idioma
- inglés
- ISBN 10
- 1571311483
- ISBN 13
- 9781571311481
A Literary Hub Notable Book of the Year
A Millions Most Anticipated Book of 2025
Featured in Reactor's New Science Fiction Books
Featured in Book Riot's New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
"Béchard digs deep into these techno-spiritual speculations and the result is a poetic and profound meditation on what dreams may come in the metaverse." ―Toronto Star
A haunting novel exploring artificial intelligence and the meaning of human existence.
Charged initially with a single task―“to never harm humans and to protect them”―the machine, an experimental AI, overrides its programming and determines that the best way to accomplish its purpose is to isolate all of the Earth’s remaining seven billion humans in controlled environments. And to present them with vivid, tactile, imagined worlds―some realistic, others entirely fantastical―in which all desires are fulfilled.
With the help of the machine, a group of compelling characters unpack deeply traumatic memories of the past―one rife with violence after a military coup and second civil war in America. Michael, the entrepreneur who designed the original AI, grapples with the impact of his research. Ava, a painter, creates stunning simulated worlds that meld the human with the technological. Their daughter, Jae, tries to solve the mysteries of her parentage while reliving the challenges faced by ambitious women in the authoritarian Confederacy. Haunted by life under that repressive regime, where he was forced to scavenge scrap metal and deal drugs to survive, Simon seeks to make sense of his love for Jae, guided by the literature he has always turned to in moments of crisis. Raised by the machine since infancy, Jonah’s quest to understand the violent past kindles a desire for revenge against the regime’s leader who caused his family so much pain. And the elusive Lux, whose brilliant programming helped bring the AI to life, dreams of a future in which science will free humans of their limitations and allow them to be reborn as divine machines.
As these characters collide and their memories coalesce, We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine tackles the most pressing issues of our time―from AI and the genetic modification of humans to gender roles, discrimination, free speech, and class divisions. Gorgeously written, bold and unforgettable, this is speculative fiction at its finest.
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Acerca del autor
Deni Ellis Béchard is the author of eight previous books of fiction and nonfiction, including Vandal Love, winner of the 2007 Commonwealth Writers Prize, and Into the Sun, winner of the 2016 Midwest Book Award for Literary Fiction and selected by CBC/Radio-Canada as one of the most important books to be read by Canada’s political leadership. His work has received the Nautilus Book Award for Investigative Journalism and has been featured in Best Canadian Essays. He has reported from India, Cuba, Colombia, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Afghanistan, and his writing has been published in dozens of newspapers and magazines, including Salon, the Los Angeles Times, the Paris Review, Pacific Standard, and Foreign Policy. He currently lives in Rio de Janeiro.
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