Genesis / Bernard Beckett.
Set on a remote island in a post-apocalyptic, plague-ridden world, this bold and ingenious thriller questions what it means to be human as philosophical questions collide with technology.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780547225494
- Physical Description: 150 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
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General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.7 5 130038. |
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Subject: | Historians > Fiction. Androids > Fiction. |
Genre: | Dystopian fiction. Science fiction. |
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Summary
Genesis
A stunning novel that's as rich in ideas as it is in suspense, destined to become a modern classic of post-apocalyptic literature Anax thinks she knows history. Her grueling all-day Examination has just begun, and if she passes, she'll be admitted into the Academy--the elite governing institution of her utopian society. But Anax is about to discover that for all her learning, the history she's been taught isn't the whole story. And the Academy isn't what she believes it to be. In this brilliant novel of dazzling ingenuity, Anax's examination leads us into a future where we are confronted with unresolved questions raised by science and philosophy. Centuries old, these questions have gained new urgency in the face of rapidly developing technology. What is consciousness? What makes us human? If artificial intelligence were developed to a high enough capability, what special status could humanity still claim? Outstanding and original, Beckett's dramatic narrative comes to a shocking conclusion.