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DearestFather wants to read The Conquest Of Bread by Peter Kropotkin
The Conquest Of Bread by Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin's "The Conquest of Bread", along with his "Fields Factories and Workshops" was the result of his extensive research …
DearestFather wants to read Schuld und Sühne by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Schuld und Sühne by Fyodor Dostoevsky
From [wikipedia][1]:
Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступлéние и наказáние, tr. Prestupleniye i nakazaniye; IPA: [prʲɪstʊˈplʲenʲə ɪ nəkɐˈzanʲə]) is a …
DearestFather wants to read Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Globe education Shakespeare)
Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Globe education Shakespeare)
Presents the play with supporting material, explanation of words and phrases, actors' and directors' views, study questions, etc.
DearestFather wants to read Demian by Hermann Hesse
Demian by Hermann Hesse
A young man awakens to selfhood and to a world of possibilities beyond the conventions of his upbringing in Nobel …
DearestFather wants to read The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Stranger by Albert Camus
L'Étranger (French: [l‿e.tʁɑ̃.ʒe]) is a 1942 novella by French author Albert Camus. Its theme and outlook are often cited as …
DearestFather started reading Dracula by Bram Stoker (Penguin Popular Classics)
Dracula by Bram Stoker (Penguin Popular Classics)
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries …
DearestFather wants to read Dracula by Bram Stoker (Penguin Popular Classics)
Dracula by Bram Stoker (Penguin Popular Classics)
When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries …
DearestFather finished reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
For the first time in paperback, one of the classics of twentieth-century literature, The Great …
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic science fiction short story …
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Definitely an interesting book. A lot of media covers the idea of an AI exterminating humanity, yet a lot less cover the possibility of it torturing their creators for all eternity.
I have to admit that the most interesting aspect of the book is the main character and their very flawed senses. Them being fully convinced that they are unaffected by AM's manipulation and torture, while rambling about how the rest of the cast secretly hates him, is something I personally miss in modern media. The fact that the main characters is an unreliable narrator. I won't go into more detail, the short story is about 13 pages long, and thus not even an half an hour read. I recommend everyone to form their own opinion on it.
I do think the book to be overhyped. AM's reasoning for the destruction of humanity and the eternal torture of the main cast is barely if at all elaborated and it is expected of the reader to just assume it as normal behaviour that lacks need for explanation. The ending is also passable at best, and a copout at worst. AM, a almost god-like existence, one that can grant humans immortality and envelops the entire world, wasn't able to react to human attacks? And even worse, wasn't able to save said humans from an stab wound?
All in all, due to how short the story is, I can recommend everyone to read it, as it's not a heavy time sink, yet I'd argue it's the lenght of the story that falls to it's detriment.
DearestFather finished reading I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic science fiction short story by American writer Harlan Ellison. …
DearestFather wants to read Der Einzige und sein Eigentum by Max Stirner
Der Einzige und sein Eigentum by Max Stirner
Der Einzige und sein Eigentum ist das Hauptwerk von Max Stirner, das im Oktober 1844, vordatiert auf 1845, im Verlag …
DearestFather wants to read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
For the first time in paperback, one of the classics of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby, is available in a …
DearestFather finished reading Der Prozess by Franz Kafka
Der Prozess by Franz Kafka, Edibooks
Byzantine and claustrophobic novel of a man arrested by the secret police and charged with an unspecified crime. Unable to …
DearestFather finished reading Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka
Die Verwandlung by Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella written by Franz Kafka which was first published in 1915. One of …