The Problem with Prophecies! (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Linellen Press, 2025
- Softcover
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Paperback. Gathered here are sixteen flights of the imagination, beginning with questions such as: 1.How will the Law of Unintended Consequences affect the use of a Mars colony to repopulate a devastated Earth?2.What could possibly go wrong with our search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI)? 3.What do Churchill and Spraken's exploits on Gallius II teach us about who we think we are?4.Who wins if capitalism and technology are practised to the nth degree? Mr Rueppell's tale gives clues.5.When humans seek the easy way, Robot Dreams will have their say! Savour each of the sixteen courses of this "mental degustation", but make sure you leave room for the nuanced messages in the concluding story: The Glorious Enlightenment.Sample it, or read from first to last, but whichever way you go, don't rush this banquet of mind food.Bon appetit. D. Alan Petersen Here are sixteen science fiction short stories that have hidden meaning and philosophies beneath the story line. See if you experience the deeper meaning behind the prose. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- The Problem with Prophecies! (Paperback)
- Author
- D. Alan Petersen
- Publisher
- Linellen Press
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 192317472X
- ISBN 13
- 9781923174726
Gathered here are sixteen flights of the imagination, beginning with questions such as:
1.How will the Law of Unintended Consequences affect the use of a Mars colony to repopulate a devastated Earth?
2.What could possibly go wrong with our search for extra-terrestrial intelligence (SETI)?
3.What do Churchill and Spraken's exploits on Gallius II teach us about who we think we are?
4.Who wins if capitalism and technology are practised to the nth degree? Mr Rüppell's tale gives clues.
5.When humans seek the easy way, Robot Dreams will have their say!
Savour each of the sixteen courses of this "mental degustation", but make sure you leave room for the nuanced messages in the concluding story: The Glorious Enlightenment.
Sample it, or read from first to last, but whichever way you go, don't rush this banquet of mind food.
Bon appétit.
D. Alan Petersen
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