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Moe Shinola

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17. The Transhumanist Wager, by Zoltan Istvan, and Betrayals, by Steve Bowers

Thu May 1, 2014, 03:01 AM

May 2014

Two very different takes on Transhumanism and Futurism. Istvan's is very "us-versus-them", with religionists and traditionalists wearing some very black hats, but his main protagonist turns out to be as lacking in scruples as his enemies. Bowers' novel, based on the Orion's Arm Worldbuilding Project(www.orionsarm.com) is way more inclusive, being set in a future where Humanity "made it", surviving the tests were are facing now, to build a galaxy-spanning civilization. It's also a not-bad detective story.

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