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Silicon Soul
In a dystopian future an Omnipresent Ayn Rand A.I. clashes with Scripture Incarnate; they fight for the fate of America and the Soul of the Christian faith. Silicon Soul is a book about: Artificial Intelligence Storytelling Social media Faith Drones Ayn Rand The Bible Incarnation And much more.
170 pages, Paperback
First published March 7, 2015
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June 11, 2015
I approached the book with an combination fascination and trepidation. Fascination on account of the theological possibilities. (Science Fiction is at its best when it helps us talk about and deal with concepts we have trouble talking about openly) Trepidation because of my disappointment with Gregory Benford's Foundation's Fear where a large part of the work was the conflict between two AI SIM's (Voltaire and Joan of Arc). The description of the book almost made me pass it because the premise seemed similar. I was rewarded by taking a chance on this book. It is a wonderful work.
While I had some trouble keeping the characters straight in the first few pages as the book went on I became engrossed in the story. The conflict between a genuine spirit filled faith in Christ vs. the individualistic corruption of it that American civil religion propagates was genuinely thought provoking.
The real gem of the story is the retelling of core scriptural stories in truly imaginative and engaging ways. The Good Samaritan, Job, and Jonah are told in ways that can really help revive them for a new day. I look forward to future works by Chris Halverson.
While I had some trouble keeping the characters straight in the first few pages as the book went on I became engrossed in the story. The conflict between a genuine spirit filled faith in Christ vs. the individualistic corruption of it that American civil religion propagates was genuinely thought provoking.
The real gem of the story is the retelling of core scriptural stories in truly imaginative and engaging ways. The Good Samaritan, Job, and Jonah are told in ways that can really help revive them for a new day. I look forward to future works by Chris Halverson.
May 18, 2015
Good stories make you think, and stay with you after you've read them, and this book did both. I enjoyed the subtle nuanced modernizating of the most compelling stories from the Bible. It's sort of the book of Acts, sort of a parable, sort of C. S. Lewis (a la Out of the Silent Planet). AND there are robots, AI loose on the internet, conspiracy theories, and "church" happening at the local bar. What's not to like? Except for the fact that it wasn't longer!
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