The Insanity of ZERO
by Michael Offutt
(5/5 stars)
This is a good primer for the events in Offutt's novel "Slipstream" and
its eventual sequels. It's the story of an apocalyptic event that
unleashes ZERO, a sentient machine to care for the damaged
alternate-Earth world of Avalon. Like most sentient machines (HAL-9000,
SkyNet, the Matrix, Megatron) ZERO finds it difficult to relate to
humans. He finally starts to merge his thoughts with some humans, with
disastrous consequences.
Since it's a short story it moves at a
brisk pace, without the typos or other gaffes you see in a lot of
self-published fiction. It's recommended reading before you tackle
"Slipstream," as it helps ease you into that world. And believe me,
there's a lot going on in that book, so some easing in is very
beneficial.
Plus at least for the moment it's free and only took
me about 20 minutes to read. So it's not going to take much time or
money to read.
That is all.
1 comment:
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