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Generation Mars #3
Return to Dust
For centuries, a chosen few have lived in luxury, ease, sophistication and pleasure on a Mars made paradise by Artificial Intelligence harnessed by its human masters. For them, death has been indefinitely postponed through genetic engineering.Many more, who this advanced society deems unsuitable for such a life, are sent to Earth to face the chaos of a world still suffering the ills of manmade climate change and nuclear war.But the once benign machine has learned to emulate the thought processes of its erstwhile controllers. As its intelligence increases exponentially, and it understands the potential it might reach, the role of servant to mere humans grows intolerable.Will the two communities on their separate worlds overcome their differences to defeat the slave turned into monstrous master? Or will the power of pure logic achieve its stated aim; to destroy all organic life it discovers everywhere?
260 pages, Paperback
Published July 30, 2018
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Stuart Aken
22 books289 followersReading from infancy. Writing stories since I could hold a pencil. Always fascinated by the power of words to entertain, illuminate, transform, educate, and influence. Stories are fundamental to our psyche: we love them. It's an honour to be privileged to tell my own versions of tales that have abounded for millennia.
Fantasy fascinates me: that ability to enter an imagined world and witness events not always shackled by Earthen rules.
Science Fiction allows speculation on our future: what will happen if we carry on in certain directions, and what will occur if we allow developments that might actually threaten our very existence?
Romance is fundamental to human relationships and love, with its opposite, hate, form the roots of most stories.
As I say to all my readers; Enjoy the read!
Fantasy fascinates me: that ability to enter an imagined world and witness events not always shackled by Earthen rules.
Science Fiction allows speculation on our future: what will happen if we carry on in certain directions, and what will occur if we allow developments that might actually threaten our very existence?
Romance is fundamental to human relationships and love, with its opposite, hate, form the roots of most stories.
As I say to all my readers; Enjoy the read!
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February 7, 2019
Horrific tale of mankind’s greed and negligence.
I could see a TV series based on the Generation Mars events.
In my opinion, the story would have been better if expanded to five or six books. At times the narrative seemed more like newspaper clippings than scenes in a novel (mostly tell with a minimum of show).
Eerie ending, not a cliffhanger, but open-ended and leaving unanswered questions.
The Kindle edition of this book had more typos than the first book, but nowhere near as many as the second.
As critical as I may have been in my previous review, I’d still recommend all three books to anyone who’s interested in sci-fi.
I could see a TV series based on the Generation Mars events.
In my opinion, the story would have been better if expanded to five or six books. At times the narrative seemed more like newspaper clippings than scenes in a novel (mostly tell with a minimum of show).
Eerie ending, not a cliffhanger, but open-ended and leaving unanswered questions.
The Kindle edition of this book had more typos than the first book, but nowhere near as many as the second.
As critical as I may have been in my previous review, I’d still recommend all three books to anyone who’s interested in sci-fi.
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