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Lee Eli
A Strange And Brilliant Light: Winner Of The Writers Guild Best First Novel Award
A Strange And Brilliant Light: Winner Of The Writers Guild Best First Novel Award
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Description: The AI future is here and it's up to three women to change the world. Lal Janetta and Rose are living in a time of flux. Technological advance has brought huge financial rewards to those with power but large swathes of the population are losing their jobs to artificial intelligence or auts as they're called. Unemployment is high discontent is rife and rumours are swirling. Many feel robbed - not just of their livelihoods but of their hopes for the future. Mind - bending Carole Stivers author of The Mother Code Lal is languishing in her role at a coffee shop and feeling overshadowed by her quietly brilliant sister Janetta whose Ph. D. is focused on making auts empathetic. Even Rose Lal's best friend has found a sense of purpose in charismatic up - and - coming politician Alek. A thoughtful interior - focused story. like Ishiguro's Klara And The Sun SFX Magazine When vigilantes break in to the coffee shop and destroy their new coffee - making aut it sets in motion a chain of events that will pull the three young women in very different directions. A disquieting take on Big Tech's plans for the future of work Gwyneth Jones author of Bold as Love Change is coming - change that will launch humankind into a new era. If Rose Lal and Janetta can find a way to combine their burgeoning talents they might just end up setting the course of history. Sad hopeful funny and brilliant It will I hope inspire many to think long and hard about what we want our future to be like British Science Fiction Association
Title: A Strange And Brilliant Light: Winner Of The Writers Guild Best First Novel Award
Author(s): Lee Eli
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Barcode: 9781529407747
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 1/16/2024
Category: Science Fiction
Description: The AI future is here and it's up to three women to change the world. Lal Janetta and Rose are living in a time of flux. Technological advance has brought huge financial rewards to those with power but large swathes of the population are losing their jobs to artificial intelligence or auts as they're called. Unemployment is high discontent is rife and rumours are swirling. Many feel robbed - not just of their livelihoods but of their hopes for the future. Mind - bending Carole Stivers author of The Mother Code Lal is languishing in her role at a coffee shop and feeling overshadowed by her quietly brilliant sister Janetta whose Ph. D. is focused on making auts empathetic. Even Rose Lal's best friend has found a sense of purpose in charismatic up - and - coming politician Alek. A thoughtful interior - focused story. like Ishiguro's Klara And The Sun SFX Magazine When vigilantes break in to the coffee shop and destroy their new coffee - making aut it sets in motion a chain of events that will pull the three young women in very different directions. A disquieting take on Big Tech's plans for the future of work Gwyneth Jones author of Bold as Love Change is coming - change that will launch humankind into a new era. If Rose Lal and Janetta can find a way to combine their burgeoning talents they might just end up setting the course of history. Sad hopeful funny and brilliant It will I hope inspire many to think long and hard about what we want our future to be like British Science Fiction Association
Title: A Strange And Brilliant Light: Winner Of The Writers Guild Best First Novel Award
Author(s): Lee Eli
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Barcode: 9781529407747
Pages: 304 Pages
Publication Date: 1/16/2024
Category: Science Fiction