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Terranomicon
Michael and Forest declare a fight to the death and give each other one year to plan, and to build armies.
Alonso breaks his back. He invents cyborg bodies to share with disabled people. But his machines fuel a global arms race between Michael and Forest, transforming the human species.
A rogue AI declares war on itself and wages its battle on a cosmic scale. Armed with cyborg technology, this software seeks to become god by destroying reality.
A research team develops encyclopedic knowledge to transform planets and species. Their work is torn apart by love and betrayal, fused together by war.
Massive cyborg battles decide the fate of humanity, and possibly the nature of reality.
Alonso breaks his back. He invents cyborg bodies to share with disabled people. But his machines fuel a global arms race between Michael and Forest, transforming the human species.
A rogue AI declares war on itself and wages its battle on a cosmic scale. Armed with cyborg technology, this software seeks to become god by destroying reality.
A research team develops encyclopedic knowledge to transform planets and species. Their work is torn apart by love and betrayal, fused together by war.
Massive cyborg battles decide the fate of humanity, and possibly the nature of reality.
228 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 21, 2024
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Matt Payne
31 books15 followersI write comedic fiction and epic adventures. Sometimes I write absurd comedic stories under the pseudonym Johannes Paine.
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May 26, 2025
Pardon my expletive here, but HOLY SHIT this is a good read. It’s pulpy, gritty, grimy, action-packed, disturbing, and disgusting… but it’s also an absolute thrill ride of ultraviolence that takes you through the profundity and absurdity of the human condition. From page one it just never stops coming at you.
Terranomicon showcases the raw, animalistic brutality of humankind. That this is all started on little more than a bet between two jarheads hellbent on mutually assured destruction is great, but the two warring men are also fantastic analogs for the chaotic and violent process that is evolution. Transhumanism is a heavy theme in the novel, working under the belief that merging with technology is indeed the next step in human evolution in order to surpass the stunted limitations of our soft, squishy, fragile bodies which are easily broken or disabled.
Come see how easily humankind is pushed over the edge from the seeming stability of everyday society and into the territory of the apocalyptic as transhumanism runs rampant, all those perceived barriers dissolve and the unthinkable becomes routine as everything from cannibalism, nuclear warfare, human cloning, cross-speciesism, and interstellar pilgrimages are explored in the struggle of survival of the fittest.
A solid five stars, I urge anyone with a strong stomach and a love of great pulp fiction to grab a copy. Emphasis on the strong stomach; Payne’s descriptions are really juicy and nothing is off limits in this novel so it is really not for the feint of heart.
Check out the full in-depth review on my Substack: The Word Dump!
Terranomicon showcases the raw, animalistic brutality of humankind. That this is all started on little more than a bet between two jarheads hellbent on mutually assured destruction is great, but the two warring men are also fantastic analogs for the chaotic and violent process that is evolution. Transhumanism is a heavy theme in the novel, working under the belief that merging with technology is indeed the next step in human evolution in order to surpass the stunted limitations of our soft, squishy, fragile bodies which are easily broken or disabled.
Come see how easily humankind is pushed over the edge from the seeming stability of everyday society and into the territory of the apocalyptic as transhumanism runs rampant, all those perceived barriers dissolve and the unthinkable becomes routine as everything from cannibalism, nuclear warfare, human cloning, cross-speciesism, and interstellar pilgrimages are explored in the struggle of survival of the fittest.
A solid five stars, I urge anyone with a strong stomach and a love of great pulp fiction to grab a copy. Emphasis on the strong stomach; Payne’s descriptions are really juicy and nothing is off limits in this novel so it is really not for the feint of heart.
Check out the full in-depth review on my Substack: The Word Dump!
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