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#speculativefiction

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Paul Semel
Some people think we're living in a "Matrix"-like computer simulation. In Daryl Gregory's humorous cyberpunk science fiction novel "When We Were Real," they know they are. But that's not why BFFs J.P. and Dulin are taking a bus trip. To learn more about this sci-fi novel, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-when-we-were-real-author-daryl-gregory/
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Some people think we're living in a "Matrix"-like computer simulation. In Daryl Gregory's humorous cyberpunk science fiction novel "When We Were Real," they know they are. But that's not why BFFs J.P. and Dulin are taking a bus trip. To learn more about this sci-fi novel, check out this exclusive interview.
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That Dinkum Thinkum

“The Mountain in the Sea”, a by Ray Nayler is often categorized as , but it is much more of a dystopian world with an optimistic vibe. Not one of my favorites, but still very good.

Nominally it is about humans trying to communicate with an alien intelligent species, kind of like “Arrival”, but this is only a shell for presenting much deeper thoughts about AI, humanity and .

bookwyrm.social/book/650259/s/

bookwyrm.socialThe Mountain in the Sea - BookWyrmHumankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global competition to dominate the future. Rumors begin to spread of a species of hyperintelligent, dangerous octopus that may have developed its own language and culture. Marine biologist Dr. Ha Nguyen, who has spent her life researching cephalopod intelligence, will do anything for the chance to study them. The transnational tech corporation DIANIMA has sealed the remote Con Dao Archipelago, where the octopuses were discovered, off from the world. Dr. Nguyen joins DIANIMA’s team on the islands: a battle-scarred security agent and the world’s first android. The octopuses hold the key to unprecedented breakthroughs in extrahuman intelligence. The stakes are high: there are vast fortunes to be made by whoever can take advantage of the octopuses’ advancements, and as Dr. Nguyen struggles to communicate with the newly discovered species, forces larger than DIANIMA close in to seize the octopuses for themselves. But no one has yet asked the octopuses what they think. And what they might do about it. A near-future thriller about the nature of consciousness, Ray Nayler’s The Mountain in the Sea is a dazzling literary debut and a mind-blowing dive into the treasure and wreckage of humankind’s legacy.
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TinJar

No one eats meat in the city of Sequoia, the fictional city in "A New Faith". One of the key reasons behind that is the overall resources required to support a meat-heavy diet are massively greater than a plant-based diet.

For interesting facts about food, please see -
ourworldindata.org/land-use-di

Our World in DataIf the world adopted a plant-based diet, we would reduce global agricultural land use from 4 to 1 billion hectaresWe could reduce the amount of land used for grazing and croplands used to grow animal feed.
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Paul Semel

In these terrible times, escaping to Mars is not an option. But it could be...one day. In my new interview with author Joe Mungo Reed about his speculative fiction / science fiction novel "Terrestrial History," he tells a multi-generational story about colonizing the red planet.
paulsemel.com/exclusive-interv
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