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Humanity’s super-intelligent AI Gods brutally punish breaches in reality, as one young scientist discovers, in this intense and brilliant space opera.
Autistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive that could change the future of humanity. But when she activates it, reality warps, destroying the space station and everyone aboard. The AI Gods who rule the galaxy declare her work heretical, and Yasira is abducted by their agents. Instead of simply executing her, they offer mercy – if she’ll help them hunt down a bigger target: her own mysterious, vanished mentor. With her homeworld’s fate in the balance, Yasira must choose who to trust: the gods and their ruthless post-human angels, or the rebel scientist whose unorthodox mathematics could turn her world inside out.
File Under: Science Fiction [ False Gods | Angel Inside | Autistic in Space | Here be Monsters ]
Autistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive that could change the future of humanity. But when she activates it, reality warps, destroying the space station and everyone aboard. The AI Gods who rule the galaxy declare her work heretical, and Yasira is abducted by their agents. Instead of simply executing her, they offer mercy – if she’ll help them hunt down a bigger target: her own mysterious, vanished mentor. With her homeworld’s fate in the balance, Yasira must choose who to trust: the gods and their ruthless post-human angels, or the rebel scientist whose unorthodox mathematics could turn her world inside out.
File Under: Science Fiction [ False Gods | Angel Inside | Autistic in Space | Here be Monsters ]
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chessakat
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“Whew, this is some mind-bendy super interesting science fiction! I’ve only read a little Iain M. Banks, but this kind of high concept SF with BIG AIs playing a major role in the story - Banks’s Player of Games kept coming back to me as I read The Outside (in a cool way, not a derivative way).
I really enjoyed the future setting here: the singularity has happened in the past, and now there are basically AI Gods. Humans are expected to worship/obey them, tech is restricted, there are varying levels of AI-human splicing, resulting in varying levels of dedication to the Gods. It’s a really fun sandbox to play in.
Then I really liked how the author plays with what could be called magic - but still makes it science. I can’t talk about it too much without spoilers, but it’s a mystery that kept me turning the pages, dying to know what was going on.
I really liked how neurodivergent characters were centered in this book. I also liked that we have two female autistic characters whose experiences/orientations to the world are different - it’s not like there is one autistic way to experience the world, and that’s reflected here.
This is a really original debut SF novel. I’m very curious if the author will write more in this setting (it definitely left the door open) because I would certainly read more!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a copy for me to review for free. This did not influence my opinions of the book.”
Chessa
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“Whew, this is some mind-bendy super interesting science fiction! I’ve only read a little Iain M. Banks, but this kind of high concept SF with BIG AIs playing a major role in the story - Banks’s Player of Games kept coming back to me as I read The Outside (in a cool way, not a derivative way).
I really enjoyed the future setting here: the singularity has happened in the past, and now there are basically AI Gods. Humans are expected to worship/obey them, tech is restricted, there are varying levels of AI-human splicing, resulting in varying levels of dedication to the Gods. It’s a really fun sandbox to play in.
Then I really liked how the author plays with what could be called magic - but still makes it science. I can’t talk about it too much without spoilers, but it’s a mystery that kept me turning the pages, dying to know what was going on.
I really liked how neurodivergent characters were centered in this book. I also liked that we have two female autistic characters whose experiences/orientations to the world are different - it’s not like there is one autistic way to experience the world, and that’s reflected here.
This is a really original debut SF novel. I’m very curious if the author will write more in this setting (it definitely left the door open) because I would certainly read more!
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a copy for me to review for free. This did not influence my opinions of the book.”
Anand Kuchibhatla
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About Ada Hoffmann
ADA HOFFMANN is a Canadian graduate student trying to teach computers to write poetry. Their acclaimed speculative short stories and poems have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov's, Uncanny, and two year's best anthologies. Ada was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome at 13, and is passionate about autistic self-advocacy. They are a former semi-professional soprano, a tabletop gamer and an active LARPer. They live in southern Ontario with a very polite black cat.
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