Brain Wave
by:
Poul Anderson (author)
For millions of years, the part of the galaxy containing our solar system has been moving through a vast force field that has been inhibiting certain electromagnetic and electrochemical processes and, thus, certain neurotic functions. When Earth escapes the inhibiting field, synapse speed...
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For millions of years, the part of the galaxy containing our solar system has been moving through a vast force field that has been inhibiting certain electromagnetic and electrochemical processes and, thus, certain neurotic functions. When Earth escapes the inhibiting field, synapse speed immediately increases, causing a rise in intelligence, which results in a transfigured humanity reaching for the stars, leaving behind our earth to the less intelligent humans and animal life-forms. This is a transcendent look at the possible effects of enhanced intelligence on our planet.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780345325211 (0345325214)
ASIN: 0345325214
Publish date: 1985-08-12
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 164
Edition language: English
Category:
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
American,
Space Opera,
Dystopia,
Apocalyptic,
Post Apocalyptic,
Utopia,
Fiction
The blurb on the front cover of the paperback version reads "A panoramic story of what happens to a world gone super intelligent!". That sums the basic premise up so perfectly it is worth repeating.I love high concepts, they save me from struggling to write an accurate synopsis. Brain Wave is about ...
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