- Follow Reading Freely on WordPress.com
Reading Now
-
Recent Posts
Categories
Blogroll
- Seeking a Little Truth
- Inspire Virtue
- Classics Considered
- With Freedom, Books, Flowers, and the Moon
- The Inquisitive Biologist
- Relevant Obscurity
- Trek Lit Reviews
- Stoic Meditations
- A Pilgrim in Narnia
- Mudpuddle Soup
- Gently Mad
- The Frugal Chariot
- The Social Porcupine
- Gifted w/Thought
- Lydia Schoch
- The Classics Club
- Classical Carousel
- Fanda Classiclit
- Reading In Between the Life
Archives
Meta
Tag Archives: transhuman
Forward
While poking around on Amazon for new releases by Weir, Scalzi, and Doctorow, I encountered the Forward collection, a series of short stories by various authors (most new to me) on near-future SF. They are very short stories, the two … Continue reading
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom© 2003 Cory Doctorow202 pages In the not-very-distant future, death is an inconvenience, and material goods are no longer scarce. Instead, the currency of society is reputation, and Jules needs all of his reserves … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged Corey Doctorow, science fiction, transhuman
Leave a comment
Among the Wild Cybers
Among the Wild Cybers© 2018 Christopher L. Bennett 256 pages In the not-so-distant future, humanity’s exploration of the cosmos has begun in earnest — driven in part by the plight of Earth, with collapsing ecosystems forcing outward movement. Among the Wild … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged artificial intelligence, Christopher L. Bennett, science fiction, transhuman
4 Comments
The Transhumanist Wager
The Transhumanist Wager© 2013 Zoltan Istvan300 pages Imagine a protagonist who made Howard Roark seem like a warm and cuddly pushover. That’s Jethro Knights, a red-bearded, icy-blue eyed Ubermensch who is determined to live forever — and if anyone gets … Continue reading