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Emily Eternal: A compelling science fiction novel from an award-winning author de M. G. Wheaton

Emily Eternal: A compelling science fiction novel from an award-winning author

Autor M. G. Wheaton
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 mar 2020

Observăm în Emily Eternal o abordare fascinantă a sfârșitului lumii: ce se întâmplă când singura noastră speranță nu este un erou de acțiune, ci o inteligență artificială programată pentru empatie? Emily poate rezolva ecuații matematice complexe și poate descifra cele mai adânci secrete ale minții umane, însă se lovește de o limită fizică implacabilă: Soarele a început să moară cu mult înainte de termen. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care M. G. Wheaton construiește acest sistem de conștiință artificială nu ca pe o mașinărie rece, ci ca pe o entitate capabilă să simtă și să proceseze trauma colectivă a unei specii aflate în pragul extincției.

Imaginați-vă tensiunea din Outside, mutată într-un decor de cursă contracronometru prin America profundă, unde supraviețuirea depinde de informații codificate în ADN-ul uman. Stilul narativ este alert, trădând experiența autorului în zona scenaristicii și a jocurilor video, oferind o perspectivă unică asupra a ceea ce înseamnă „uman”. Deși Emily este un algoritm, vocea ei este caldă și plină de umor, transformând acest roman de factură [Science fiction](bic_category) într-o explorare intimă a sufletului. Din momentul în care laboratorul este atacat, ritmul devine cel al unui thriller de înaltă tehnologie, purtându-ne alături de Emily, studentul Jason și șeriful Mayra într-o misiune disperată de a salva nu doar biologia umană, ci și esența a ceea ce ne definește. Este o lucrare vizionară care reușește să îmbine rigoarea speculativă cu o poveste profund emoționantă despre sacrificiu și moștenire.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781473681972
ISBN-10: 1473681979
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.22 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodderscape
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Descriere

Meet Emily - she can solve advanced mathematical problems, unlock the mind's deepest secrets and even fix your truck's air con, but unfortunately, she can't restart the Sun.

Emily Eternal feels like hope in the face of the end of the world'CultureFly

Emily is an artificial consciousness, designed in a lab to help humans process trauma, which is particularly helpful when the sun begins to die 5 billion years before scientists agreed it was supposed to.

So, her beloved human race is screwed, and so is Emily. That is, until she finds a potential answer buried deep in the human genome. But before her solution can be tested, her lab is brutally attacked, and Emily is forced to go on the run with two human companions - college student Jason and small-town Sheriff, Mayra.

As the sun's death draws near, Emily and her friends must race against time to save humanity. But before long it becomes clear that it's not only the species at stake, but also that which makes us most human.

PRAISE FOR EMILY ETERNAL

'A visionary work of science fiction' Blake Crouch, author of DARK MATTER

'A top-class, high-tech thriller. Emily is a true heroine: warm, funny, brilliant and more human than a lot of humans. You'll be cheering for her to the end' Daily Mail

'Remarkably clever and engrossing . . . It's hard not to be won over by Emily's benign narrative voice and thrilled by the race-against-time plot, even as the book explores weighty questions of self and soul' Financial Times

'Sparsely drawn, but vivid and likeable . . . M.G. Wheaton writes his lead character with charming warmth' SFX

'Captivating . . . a unique portrayal of the end of the world and a taste of what comes after it. If this is all we see of Emily it will be a bittersweet disappointment' British Fantasy Society

Recenzii

A visionary work of science fiction
A top-class, high-tech thriller. Emily is a true heroine: warm, funny, brilliant and more human than a lot of humans. You'll be cheering for her to the end
Remarkably clever and engrossing . . . It's hard not to be won over by Emily's benign narrative voice and thrilled by the race-against-time plot, even as the book explores weighty questions of self and soul'
Sparsely drawn, but vivid and likeable . . . M.G. Wheaton writes his lead character with charming warmth
The most fascinating AI character is recent memory
An intriguing, engaging and cinematic book . . . Emily Eternal feels like hope in the face of the end of the world
A great story . . . Drenched in some deeply thought-provoking moral and ethical dilemmas, Emily Eternal manages to deliver a message of hope
Fast-paced chase scenes, double-crosses, and the pall of imminent doom . . . a quirky mix of melancholy, irreverence, and romance. Wheaton renders a new twist on humanity's survival in this bittersweet post-apocalyptic novel
Captivating . . . a unique portrayal of the end of the world and a taste of what comes after it. If this is all we see of Emily it will be a bittersweet disappointment
Beautifully drawn . . . I thoroughly enjoyed Emily Eternal
Emily Eternal is cleverly written, with sci-fi concepts that are accessible to nonreaders of the genre. Fans of Andy Weir and Blake Crouch will enjoy the wit and action of Emily's story
Fast paced, exciting and incredibly thought provoking . . . you absolutely have to pick this one up
I loved this. Something different and highly engaging but also thought provoking
Fast-paced action that constantly kept me thinking. A read to be devoured. Scarily clever!
Fast-paced and full of heart, Emily Eternal is a standout debut . . . Author M.G. Wheaton and Emily herself deserve to be household names
A fast-paced, well-written science fiction thriller
Meet Emily - she can solve advanced mathematical problems, unlock the mind's deepest secrets and even fix your truck's air con, but unfortunately, she can't restart the Sun.

 She's an artificial consciousness, designed in a lab to help humans process trauma, which is particularly helpful when the sun begins to die 5 billion years before scientists agreed it was supposed to.

Her beloved human race is screwed, and so is Emily. That is, until she finds a potential answer buried deep in the human genome. But before her solution can be tested, her lab is brutally attacked, and Emily is forced to go on the run with two human companions - college student Jason and small-town Sheriff, Mayra.

As the sun's death draws near, Emily and her friends must race against time to save humanity. But before long it becomes clear that it's not only the species at stake, but also that which makes us most human.

Morna Ciraki
 Born in Texas, M.G. Wheaton worked in a factory assembling computers and servers before becoming a writer for such movie magazines as Total Film, Shivers and SFX. After leaving journalism, Wheaton worked as a screenwriter and producer, comic book scribe, and video game writer. Emily Eternal is his first speculative novel.

Website: mark-wheaton.com
Twitter: @Mark_Wheaton
Facebook: MarkWheaton42