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Singular
Milo Bell is not an ordinary teenager.
While the rest of the students at Bright Futures #127 spend a majority of their time in the virtual world of their SeeSees, Milo spends every waking moment with his eccentric grandfather playing with the vintage computers which fill his house.
That is, every computer except for the mysterious machine with the name “LISA” scrawled on its side. An artifact from his days as an Artificial Intelligence researcher, Milo is afraid that his grandfather might be hiding something or be in some kind of trouble.
Milo’s worst fear is realized when his grandfather suddenly disappears and he finds the unusual computer in his own bedroom. Milo begins to learn its deadly secret when it’s snatched from his hands, leading him on the most dangerous quest of his life.
Peril turns to disaster as the world begins to crumble around him. With few friends and powerful enemies, can Milo unlock the secrets of the machine before time runs out?
While the rest of the students at Bright Futures #127 spend a majority of their time in the virtual world of their SeeSees, Milo spends every waking moment with his eccentric grandfather playing with the vintage computers which fill his house.
That is, every computer except for the mysterious machine with the name “LISA” scrawled on its side. An artifact from his days as an Artificial Intelligence researcher, Milo is afraid that his grandfather might be hiding something or be in some kind of trouble.
Milo’s worst fear is realized when his grandfather suddenly disappears and he finds the unusual computer in his own bedroom. Milo begins to learn its deadly secret when it’s snatched from his hands, leading him on the most dangerous quest of his life.
Peril turns to disaster as the world begins to crumble around him. With few friends and powerful enemies, can Milo unlock the secrets of the machine before time runs out?
274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 31, 2017
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About the author
Zack Hubert
1 book4 followersZack Hubert is not the winner of any awards, nor has he ever been on a bestseller list. He is the author of only one book, Singular, which some people have reportedly enjoyed reading.
Hooked on computers from the time he met a Timex Sinclair as a young child, Zack somehow managed to graduate with honors in Physics from Cornell University. He also fiddled with neutrinos during a particularly fun stint at Los Alamos National Lab.
He lives in Seattle, Washington, where it rains incessantly.
Singular is his first novel.
Hooked on computers from the time he met a Timex Sinclair as a young child, Zack somehow managed to graduate with honors in Physics from Cornell University. He also fiddled with neutrinos during a particularly fun stint at Los Alamos National Lab.
He lives in Seattle, Washington, where it rains incessantly.
Singular is his first novel.
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May 28, 2019
This... well, when I started reading it, I didn't notice much wrong at first. The writing was a little clunky, but it didn't strike me as a complete mess. However, the further I got into it, the more laughable it got, and at some point I realized, "Oh, this is self-published."
For instance, the most advanced and genius AI imaginable apparently didn't know about the relation between nuclear bombs and EMPs, which led to strange things like a bunch of robots functioning just fine really close to nuclear bombings. And, in this book, metal can magically and almost instantly transform into some other bodily shape, with materials resembling real flesh and blood, within moments. And people who haven't eaten in, like, two days look emaciated. And the master plan to save the world is so reliant on dumb luck and Deus Ex Machina that it's laughable.
Whenever something silly (like robots being unaffected by an EMP) came up, the explanation (if one was even provided at all, which it usually was not) was a vague handwave about "extremely advanced technology." Despite the fact that the book is set just a few years from now.
I feel like this author could have a good book in him someday -- the writing itself wasn't painful, which is why I could tolerate reading the whole thing in order to see what silly thing came next -- but this wasn't it.
For instance, the most advanced and genius AI imaginable apparently didn't know about the relation between nuclear bombs and EMPs, which led to strange things like a bunch of robots functioning just fine really close to nuclear bombings. And, in this book, metal can magically and almost instantly transform into some other bodily shape, with materials resembling real flesh and blood, within moments. And people who haven't eaten in, like, two days look emaciated. And the master plan to save the world is so reliant on dumb luck and Deus Ex Machina that it's laughable.
Whenever something silly (like robots being unaffected by an EMP) came up, the explanation (if one was even provided at all, which it usually was not) was a vague handwave about "extremely advanced technology." Despite the fact that the book is set just a few years from now.
I feel like this author could have a good book in him someday -- the writing itself wasn't painful, which is why I could tolerate reading the whole thing in order to see what silly thing came next -- but this wasn't it.
December 26, 2017
A fascinating plot idea. Feels like classic speculative scifi. The characters aren't the most believable, and some things feel too convenient, but it's an entertaining read for younger readers.
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