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Prime Intellect

by Roger Williams

A short story set in the universe of Roger Williams's cult classic novel, The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect. Humanity has created a new god, the all-powerful Prime Intellect, whose prime directive is to promote and protect humans above all other species. Yet it's just another day to an ancient species living on a distant world.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories, Artificial Intelligence, Aliens

7 pages, ebook

Published October 29, 2017

About the author

As a child, I tried to figure out how to start with a grain of sand and end up with a working computer. Today, I'm a computer programmer who creates custom systems for heavy industry. Somewhere along the way, I became interested in the question of just how far the human mind can go, assuming a sufficiently advanced technology. Maybe sometimes...a little too far. I am the author of THE METAMORPHOSIS OF PRIME INTELLECT and several short stories in the Mortal Passage series -- including "Mortal Passage" itself, a novelette recently republished in Volume #5 of the science fiction magazine, Bull Spec.

Reviews

[VII · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't find this interesting at all. I suppose its only appeal is that it mentions (not even continues) the novel.

[Petra · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun little slice of life moment to round out the jagged edges of the main work