Second Universe

by John A. Ayala

Stars are burning out too fast in the new universe, causing an energy shortage that threatens the post-humans' flourishing. Setting out to create the Perennial Shifter, a technology that changes the fundamental constants, they find out they're not alone.
The second installment in the Post-human Chronicles.
Good old-fashioned Sci-Phi (Philosophical Science Fiction) reminiscent of the early years of Science Fiction. It explores philosophical and scientific ideas through the depiction of post-human scenarios.

Genres: Science Fiction

20 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2013

Reviews

[Kythe42 · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm not sure why I even bothered to read Second Universe, the sequel to Primordial Labyrinth by John A. Ayala when I really didn't like the first one at all. I suppose I was hoping the sequel would help me understand the first short story better, but it really did not have that effect. This story was slightly easier to follow than the first one, but not enough to earn it more than one star. The most I could gather from the plot was that the protagonist and a couple of companions fled from war to a different universe where they then multiplied and then eventually started war in the second universe and dragged a few other universes into the war as well. Like Primordial Labyrinth, I feel like this short story was more like an outline for a story rather than a story in and of itself and that the author just tried to pack way too much stuff into too short of a story. I definitely don't recommend reading this story, and I doubt I will be reading anything else from this author.