The Personifid Project
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.61 (538 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591858062 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Perhaps most frustrating is that Bartlett spends too little time fleshing out her provocative ideas and characters, and too much time on a hackneyed game of cat and mouse that involves endless car chases and plot contrivances. They are juxtaposed against Earthers, who live on the sunburned remains of the planet and are strongly reminiscent of inhabitants of the films' Zion. . (Oct.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Bartlett's Christian characters are compelling, as is their attempt to be in but not of the futuristic world of the narrative. From Publishers Weekly Bartlett's debut novel is derivative of several science fiction novels and films, most pointedly the Matrix trilogy. For example, scientists have been able to detect souls and move them to
Lewis, J. R. Her favorite writers include C. Wodehouse.. E. S. Bartlett lives in the North Island of New Zealand. Tolkien, Roald Dahl, and P. R. Though her pets have included a hyperactive Doberman, a loudmouth Siamese cat, a silly goat, and a wacky duck, she pays little attention to what is said about pets being like their owners. G
Aphra discovers plans to use the personifid technology to eliminate the ability for these transferred humans to choose between good and evil. In the future, technology has advanced to the point that people can transfer their consciousness into artificial bodies, so-called personifids - thus living forever. Assassins, human and machine, close in. Can they prevent this great evil, or will the explosives lodged in Aphra's arm destroy them all before they have the chance?. Only an outcast couple- people who still hold to an ancient, outlawed faith-have the knowledge and the courage to come to her rescue. The corporation touts it as the ultimate evolution of human morality, but Aphra knows it's a tool to dominate all mankind. The corporation wants her silenced
"Not particularly like the Matrix" according to Amazon Customer. I can only assume the Publisher's Weekly reviewer above is unfamiliar with SF as a genre. If every story with a plot that revolves around the conflict between advanced technology and what it means to be human is derivative of the Matrix, then so is E. M. Forster's "The Machine Stops" (machine takes . C.J. Darlington said A fun cocktail of futuristic faith-based fiction. Welcome to the future. Robots and androids mingle with humans. Sky cars are the leading form of transportation. And the perennial obsession for longevity has created a technology so advanced that humans can now transfer their souls into artificial bodies, or personifids. The ultimate cure. A way to . "4.5 stars Very Enjoyable Read truefeather77 I was ready to break into hives in this, because I guessed early on that it might be some religious book - so I expected it to degrade into nonsense. It didn't. What little there was, was more like new age thinking, which is like watered-down Buddhism, which is acceptable to me. No attempt to preach. .5 stars Very Enjoyable Read" according to truefeather77. I was ready to break into hives in this, because I guessed early on that it might be some religious book - so I expected it to degrade into nonsense. It didn't. What little there was, was more like new age thinking, which is like watered-down Buddhism, which is acceptable to me. No attempt to preach