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In The Shapes of Their Hearts, a computer tape of the brain of a religious prophet has been allowed to merge with an AI; the result is both a religious icon on the planet Idun and a powerful terrorist. Anton Tso must come up with a way to stop the terrorism without killing God.
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John W. Campbell and Lambda Literary Award-winner Melissa Scott exhibits the hip-tech sensibilities of cyberpunk and the mind-blowing complexity of Samuel Delaney in The Shapes of Their Hearts. This intricate novel introduces the god (or is that God?) of the planet Idun (read "Eden"), who was formed when the brain of a prophet was uploaded into the machinery of an artificial intelligence. The machine can copy itself, and each copy contains self-will. Now the god's avatars are leaving Idun, and beginning a campaign to extinguish those parts of humanity it deems "impure"--clones, replicants, and others with sullied DNA.
Anton Tso, a clone, is hired to steal a copy of the AI (known as the Memoriant), but first, he must get past the faithfully fanatic Children of Idun and deal with rampant cyberspace personalities gone mad. Scott's descriptions of the complex world she's created are extremely detailed and atmospheric. Her characters are perfectly conceived and innately mysterious--whether man or machine, ultimately human. This complex but razor-sharp tale will please fans of William Gibson and Samuel Delaney alike. --Therese Littleton
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"A well-plotted tale with believable people, intriguing ideas, and enjoyably gritty details of a harbor town. It's a solid, interesting read." --Minneapolis Star Tribune
"A human-made God sets out to make humanity's other creations irrelevant." --Publishers Weekly
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- PublisherTor Books
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 031287247X
- ISBN 13 9780312872472
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages304
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