Neosynthesis - 12 Stories of Code, Consciousness, and Survival
by Bryan Chaffin, T.K. Toppin, Nick Snape, J.D. Robinson, Rohan O'Duill, Jes Deaver
5.0 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
These visions explore the myriad realms where humanity and technology intersect, taking readers to distant futures where human and machine exist in uneasy symbiosis, to worlds both grim and wondrous, where survival depends on getting the upper hand.
- A woman’s passage into a digital afterlife where nothing, not even the self, remains fixed.
- A hunted hacker in a surveillance-saturated future seeks revenge, only to find he’s the one being played.
- Two stranded cyborg soldiers struggle to hold onto what’s left of their humanity.
Written by six independent voices in Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction—among them award winners and members of organizations such as SFWA, IASFA, BFA, and SFI—these compelling stories offer glimpses into all-too-plausible realities.
Reviews
This is the kind of science fiction that gets under your skin and lingers — the kind that makes you think about where we are now and where we might be headed. What does it even mean to be human when the boundaries between flesh and circuits start to blur? When identity itself becomes fluid in a digital afterlife?
— Cary C., reviewer
Brilliant. Brilliant worlds, brilliant characterisations, loved the immersive storytelling in each. Polished, edgy, wildly entertaining. With diverse topics and flavors, this collection will hook you with ideas and keep you turning pages for the sheer fun of it.
— Pete A., reviewer
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