Nero Valencia has rescued Kyra Davis's son, Hugh, from drowning and awaits rescue in their wrecked boat. A new voice addresses and advises Valencia on the radio. Download Anson Guthrie, spending time in the bionet, had been in tune with a nearby tree when he heard Valencia's emergency call. Guthrie has been a man, then a personality downloaded into an artificial neural network using robot bodies and now experiences life in a new way. The Demetrian ecology has become a single organism sometimes directed by consciousnesses like Guthrie's. He has moved even further away from his human origins. Some sf characters live indefinitely in their original bodies whereas others, like Guthrie, find alternative ways to survive.
5 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
Moved further away from humanity? Not by download Guthrie's preference! He could use machine bodies or even gene tailored trees, but he would far rather have a real, organic human body.
Ad astra! Sean
Also, I'm dubious about the "single organism" ecology. Throwing the cards in the air and letting them fall where they may would work better, probably, once the terraforming process was well under way. It usually does, with complex systems, because it's impossible to anticipate the effects of their interactions.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
That makes sense, albeit I can see the value in some planning, here and there. But maybe the colonists were in a hurry because Demeter had only about 1500 Earth years to go before getting smashed by another planet.
Ad astra! Sean
That last point was the point.
Kaor, Paul!
I thought so. The NEED for haste.
Ad astra! Sean
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