Destination: Void
by:
Frank Herbert (author)
SCIENCE FICTION-RELAYS CLICKED AS THE PRUDENCE SHUNTED THE ATT TO COM-CENTRAL.PRESENTLY SHE SAID:SHORT AND SWEET.HEMPSTEAD TELLS US TO CEASE IGNORING COMMUNICATIONS.WE ARE ORDERED TO TURN BACK.ODD CHOICE OF WORDS.THIS IS AN ARBITARY TURN BACK COMMAND.AT THE SOUND OF PRUDENCE'S VOICE,FLATTERY WENT...
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SCIENCE FICTION-RELAYS CLICKED AS THE PRUDENCE SHUNTED THE ATT TO COM-CENTRAL.PRESENTLY SHE SAID:SHORT AND SWEET.HEMPSTEAD TELLS US TO CEASE IGNORING COMMUNICATIONS.WE ARE ORDERED TO TURN BACK.ODD CHOICE OF WORDS.THIS IS AN ARBITARY TURN BACK COMMAND.AT THE SOUND OF PRUDENCE'S VOICE,FLATTERY WENT COLD.THEY KNOW,HE THOUGHT.THEY KNOW WE HAVE CREATED A ROGUE CONSCIOUSNESS.ARBITARY TURN-BACK WAS THE CODED ORDER HE HAD BOTH DREADED AND LONGED FOR.IT WAS THE KILL-SHIP COMMAND.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425062630 (0425062635)
Publish date: May 15th 1983
Publisher: Berkley Books
Pages no: 276
Edition language: English
Series: Destination: Void (#1)
This may be the most ambitious scifi story I ever read. The technology was simply not credible enough to warrant my suspension of disbelief. Perhaps back in the 70's it was. Still, this is a credit to the genius who wrote Dune.
It's strange that the sequel to this novel is my favorite book of all time and yet I only gave this one two stars. Part of the problem is that most of this book is really just a philosophical dialog about the nature of consciousness and an attempt to mathematically define it. There's a some unnecess...
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