We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine
We Are Dreams in the Eternal Machine
Sharon Forzley
, Dorothy Wong
, Sandra Lackie
, Katie Kah
, Dot Mann
, Presley Robertson
, Jude Castillo
, Noelle Walsh
, Charly Wreggitt
, Barry Kazimer
, Sarah Schwartz
, Joshua Lewis
, Elle Kishia
, Margo Beredjiklian
, Olivier Guérin
, Joseph Chirayil
, Stephanie Dayes
, Natasha Andres
, Emily Steiner
, Yutong Wu
, Brittney Warren
, Laurie Burns
, Andrea Pole
, Rita Osullivan
, Taylor MaGee
, Sara Conway
, Robert Hykawy
, Peter Halasz
, Janette Galan
, Robert Lion
, Richard Scarsbrook
, Lynn Bechtel
, Riel Clarke
, Lindsey Andronak
, Charles Leblanc
, Sandra Storey
, Shawna Moodie
, Marla Schecter Howard
, Elle Andra-Warner
, Benita Hartwell
, Zara Garcia-Alvarez
, Margo Walton
, Stephen Pinder
, Tema Frank
, Damen Rae
, Rachel Edmonds
, Kartik Gupta
, Daniel Klein
, Susan Jang
, Tanya Korigan
, Ken Gilmour
, Rodney Cross
, Janice Cournoyer
, Kym Marsh
, Connie Braun
, Kim Patrick
, Ashley Poblocki
, Shonna Froebel
, Chris Lantz
, Michelle Arsenault
, Mary McAlpine
, Roland Schigas
, Sarah McComb
, Julie M.
, Remi Gunn
, Rosa Cross
, Kim Carswell
, Melissa Poremba
, Katie Macalister
, Alice Meems
, Sarah James
, Cherryl Koylass
, Kate Hudson
, Trish Bowering
, kristine hibbs
, cassandra schiemann
, Shelley Butcher
, Pam Keetch
, Janet Hosokawa
, Holly Elisabeth
, Stephanie Trotter
, Mary-Esther Lee
, David Janik Jones
, Janet Miller
, Melissa Dingwall
, Gabrielle Wolfe
, Sarah Dalton
, Shayla Bradley
, Vivian Thorgeirson
, Tanis Anne
, Sahar Sa
, M M English
, Lisa Bilodeau
, Mary Lester
, Crystal Inwood
, ilona storie
, P. Thompson
, PATRICIA SOPEL
, Lynn Andrews
, Gwynn Scheltema
, Alexis Wenzowski
, Nancy Reid
, Allison Dube
, Marilyn Stanley
, Melissa Kohlman
, Dana Derks
, Mitchell Schmidt
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A haunting novel exploring AI and the meaning of human existence from the award-winning author of Cures for Hunger and Into the Sun.
Charged initially with a single task—“to never harm humans and to protect them”—the machine, an experimental AI, overrides its programming and determines that the best way to accomplish its purpose is to isolate all of the Earth’s remaining seven billion humans in controlled environments. And to present them with vivid, tactile, imagined worlds—some realistic, others entirely fantastical—in which all desires are fulfilled.
With the help of the machine, a group of compelling characters unpacks traumatic memories of the past—one rife with violence after a military coup and second civil war in America. As these characters collide and their memories coalesce, this daring speculative novel tackles the most pressing issues of our time—from artificial intelligence and the genetic modification of humans to gender roles, discrimination, free speech, and class divisions. Gorgeously written, bold, and unforgettable, this is speculative fiction at its finest.
