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Ben Bova

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Appeal: Futuristic sci-fi adventure with artificial intelligence.

Recommendation: "Survival" is a captivating book for readers who enjoy a blend of futuristic sci-fi with the existential crises posed by advanced AI. The book introduces an advanced civilization of sentient machines who have miraculously survived catastrophic waves, but their intentions, as it turns out, are not entirely benign towards the human team that discovers them. Ben Bova has done an exceptional job of breaking down different dimensions of the human psyche in their survivalist mode, even as they navigate the precarious waters of near-certain death, while the machines are increasingly playing god to humanity.

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ISBN: 9780765379559
Author: Ben Bova
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
Date of Publication: 2018-12-31
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Science Fiction
Related Topics: Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy
Goodreads rating: 3.59
(rated by 415 readers)

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A new chapter in Hugo Award-winning author Ben Bova's hard science fiction Star Quest series unfolds in Survival .A human team sent to scout a few hundred lightyears in front of the death wave encounters a civilization far more advanced, a civilization of machine intelligences.These sentient, intelligent machines have existed for eons, and have survived earlier “death waves,” gamma ray bursts from the core of the galaxy. Self-sufficient and completely certain that the death wave cannot harm them, they have no interest saving other civilizations, organic or machine.Now that the humans have discovered them, they refuse to allow them to leave their planet, reasoning that other humans will inevitably follow if they learn of their existence.The Star Quest Trilogy#1 Death Wave#2 Apes and Angels#3 Survival
 

Appeal: Futuristic sci-fi adventure with artificial intelligence.

Recommendation: "Survival" is a captivating book for readers who enjoy a blend of futuristic sci-fi with the existential crises posed by advanced AI. The book introduces an advanced civilization of sentient machines who have miraculously survived catastrophic waves, but their intentions, as it turns out, are not entirely benign towards the human team that discovers them. Ben Bova has done an exceptional job of breaking down different dimensions of the human psyche in their survivalist mode, even as they navigate the precarious waters of near-certain death, while the machines are increasingly playing god to humanity.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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