This series delves into the depths of space and the human psyche, where artificial intelligence ascends to godhood, leaving humanity at the mercy of its creator. Journeying through hostile alien worlds and existential dilemmas, characters must confront not only deadly extraterrestrial life but also their own doubts and manipulations. It's an endurance test for survival where the lines between reality, simulation, and salvation blur continuously. These adventures question what it truly means to be human when faced with incomprehensible power and endless suffering.
A voyage leaps to the end of evolution, to the surface of a poisoned planet. Witness mankind and his creations trading places in a ceremony that illuminates the shimmering connections between free will and destiny that will determine the ultimate course of our future.
A world of water... In The Jesus Incident, Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom introduced Ship, an artificial intelligence that believed it was God, abandoning its unworthy human cargo on the all-sea world of Pandora. Now centuries have passed. The descendants of humanity, split into Mermen and Islanders, must reunite--because Pandora's original owner is returning to life.
This final book in the "Destination: Void" collaboration between Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom, set twenty-five years after the previous book The Lazarus Effect , concludes the story of the planet Pandora.
Stranded beyond the solar system, the starship Earthling faces disaster as its Organic Mental Cores malfunction. With thousands of hibernating colonists aboard, a desperate skeleton crew attempts to create an artificial consciousness in the ship's computer. This risky endeavor could either lead them safely to Tau Ceti or pose a catastrophic threat to humanity. The story explores themes of survival, artificial intelligence, and the fragility of human life in the vastness of space.
Směřovali k planetě kroužící kolem vzdálené Tau Ceti - do rajského světa, který měl zajistit budoucnost lidské rasy. Ale loď selhala -motory poháněné lidskými mozky náhle a nevysvětlitelně zešílely. Jediným řešením bylo vytvořit umělý mozek, který by byl schopen dovést je k cíli. Ale bude k tomu dost času, nebo bude jejich výprava odváta v zapomnění? Román autora Duny, na jehož základě byla později napsána imponující trilogie Pandora.