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Jesse
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I like this! Most of the book is from the ship’s main computer’s perspective, Demeter. It has subsystems as a literal representation of the subconscious and it isn’t very well-versed in directly handling humans for some reason. But, uh, it has no problem correlating the prologue nasty to Dracula, and also identifies the new cruise’s immediate threat as a werewolf.
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Jesse
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Idk if it’s worth stressing about whether there is an overarching plot to this parade of Transylvanian follies. I am waiting for the Demeter AI to be brought back. At least, I’m hoping that it isn’t dead for good. It’s definitely more fun to read than Steward. After the Innsmouth aliens, it looks like we are moving on to Frankenstein’s monster of all things.
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Jesse
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The segment where Demeter logs the kids’ activities over three or so years is heartbreakingly human. I’m highly bummed that it got “optimized” / lobotomized. This next peril is now from Steward’s POV. Steward is desperately avoiding contacting Demeter, I guess because of their poor working relationship, and the ship is being taken over by Deep Ones from Innsmouth. Is this going to be a parade of nasties???
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The ship has pride in what it does but is also self-conscious. It finds other AIs as judgmental and after the complete loss of life on the prologue cruise it is horrified to find that there has been a near complete loss of life on the SECOND. Because, well, even if it makes it to port, a second complete loss off life does not bode well for Demeter’s continuance.
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