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The Shapes of Their Hearts Book

John W. Campbell and Lambda Literary Award-winner Melissa Scott exhibits the hip-tech sensibilities of cyberpunk and the mind-blowing complexity of Samuel Delaney in The Shapes of Their Hearts. This intricate novel introduces the god (or is that God?) of the planet Idun (read "Eden"), who was formed when the brain of a prophet was uploaded into the machinery of an artificial intelligence. The machine can copy itself, and each copy contains self-will. Now the god's avatars are leaving Idun, and beginning a campaign to extinguish those parts of humanity it deems "impure"--clones, replicants, and others with sullied DNA. Anton Tso, a clone, is hired to steal a copy of the AI (known as the Memoriant), but first, he must get past the faithfully fanatic Children of Idun and deal with rampant cyberspace personalities gone mad. Scott's descriptions of the complex world she's created are extremely detailed and atmospheric. Her characters are perfectly conceived and innately mysterious--whether man or machine, ultimately human. This complex but razor-sharp tale will please fans of William Gibson and Samuel Delaney alike. --Therese LittletonRead More

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  • Product Description

    On the planet Idun, a computer tape of the uploaded mind of a prophet has been allowed to merge with an AI. The result is both a religious icon, a godlike being venerated by the faithful, and a powerful terrorist--with its computer avatars wreaking havoc off-planet. This is a god of whom many copies exist. Anton Tso is the human who must come up with a way to stop the terrorism without killing God.

  • 0312858779
  • 9780312858773
  • Melissa Scott
  • 1 June 1998
  • Tor Books
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 300
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