Cyber Rogues
James P. Hogan
Baen, Apr 7 2015, $14.00
ISBN: 9781476780351
“Two Faces of
Tomorrow.” In the near future, automated
technology has made the world a better place by eliminating hunger, which led
to peace and prosperity on a global scale never seen
before. However, Titan applies
programmed logic to a situation that nearly causes a tragedy. Dr. Raymond Dyer leads a team to reprogram
Titan to include giving the system a sense of right and wrong, and awareness of
human frailty. He and his team test the
prototype Spartacus on a space station, but an unforeseen nightmare arises
leaving everyone in peril.
“Realtime
Interrupt.” Oz Project Chief Joe Corrigan wakes up confused in a
hospital in a world he does not quite recognize. Joe knows the top secret effort to create a
virtual environ indistinguishable from that of the real world failed, but
cannot fathom what happened to his former life.
These are reprints of two fascinating cautionary science fiction
tales that use the “Terminator” syndrome of out of control machines (Two Faces of Tomorrow
was written several years before the release of the movie). Although both novels slow down due to
character metaphysical pontification, overall each entertains while readers score
James P. Hogan’s prediction of the future.
Harriet Klausner
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