Tim Winton’s Juice – life is complex
Tim Winton's Juice is intended to be an exploration of the complexities of human relationships through the lens of a climate catastrophe.
Tag science fiction
Review of Hum by Helen Phillips – domestic life with a Hum
Helen Phillips's novel "Hum" examines the nuanced intersection of artificial intelligence and domestic life through the lens of a contemporary family.
Afterworld: Flawed AI in a real world reboot
Afterworld: Flawed AI in a real world reboot. Debbie Urbanski’s debut science fiction novel looks at the what if humanity had to reboot.
Godzilla Minus One – more than just the monster
Godzilla Minus One - more than just the monster. It struck me as an apocalyptic creation of the mind of post World War Two Japan in an economic mess.
Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem: questions about contact with alien life form
Cixin Liu’s The Three-Body Problem poses existential questions about contact with alien life form but ultimately the hard sci gets in the way of a good story.
Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky: Going Underground
Metro 2003, by Dmitry Glukhosky, is about going underground in Moscow. The claustrophic landscape is filled with the dark and the dirt of the campsites and the fear of the murderous creatures in the dark down the tunnel. Each station brings its own philosophical tale.
Intrusion by Ken MacLeod: dystopian rules
Intrusion is a meditation on a near future where life is regulated with a high level of morality and ethics. Extrapolated ideas on what that may look like a quite restrained with the occasional AI toy and truck. The main…