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    Introdus
    Technocalypsis
    Autogenesis
    Audiobook series3 titles

    Let There Be Gods Series

    Written by David Sikter

    Narrated by Luke Pelletier

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    About this series

    If you could live forever, would you want to? This is the story of Anita and Kimmo and their struggle against cancer; of Aender and Kiyoshi and the first interstellar war, and of An and Ki and Earth’s last days. Intertwined, these three stories take the reader on a journey from Stockholm in the year 2016 to the end of time; a story about the breathtaking possibilities offered by the development of artificial intelligence and mind upload.


    “No one is ever really gone. Everything is connected. To be alive – that is to be part of something so big and so complicated that we will never fully understand it.”


    Technocalypsis is the third book from Swedish computer scientist and sci-fi writer David Sikter’s epic trilogy Let There Be Gods, a compelling and evocative vision of the future of humanity in the age of sentient machines.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Sikter
    Release dateOct 28, 2022
    Introdus
    Technocalypsis
    Autogenesis

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      Autogenesis
      Autogenesis

      Autogenesis

      David Sikter
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      The year is 2048, and Anders Helmemyr has just started studying computer science in Uppsala, Sweden. Amidst political activism, a complicated love life, and the thrills of student nightlife, he meets Niklas, a computer genius who began his Ph.D. in artificial intelligence at the age of 18. Niklas has a secret: he’s conducting illegal research on a home-built neurosimulator, trying to create an artificial consciousness – a program that thinks and feels like humans do. Anders is drawn into the project, and together they develop Niklas’ brainchild, Leo. However, neither of them knows just what the repercussions for their creation will be. Politics, and life as they know it, are about to change for all time. Autogenesis is the first book from Swedish computer scientist and sci-fi writer David Sikter’s epic trilogy Let There Be Gods, a compelling and evocative vision of the future of humanity in the age of sentient machines.

      The year is 2048, and Anders Helmemyr has just started studying computer science in Uppsala, Sweden. Amidst political activism, a complicated love life, and the thrills of student nightlife, he meets Niklas, a computer genius who began his Ph.D. in artificial intelligence at the age of 18. Niklas has a secret: he’s conducting illegal research on a home-built neurosimulator, trying to create an artificial consciousness – a program that thinks and feels like humans do. Anders is drawn into the project, and together they develop Niklas’ brainchild, Leo. However, neither of them knows just what the repercussions for their creation will be. Politics, and life as they know it, are about to change for all time. Autogenesis is the first book from Swedish computer scientist and sci-fi writer David Sikter’s epic trilogy Let There Be Gods, a compelling and evocative vision of the future of humanity in the age of sentient machines.

    • 2

      Introdus
      Introdus

      Introdus

      David Sikter
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      The year is 2074. For a decade, the technology for mind upload has existed. Anyone who wants to – and has the means to do so – can now stave off death by having their brain scanned and uploaded to the grid; a virtual, digital world. Society is divided over the new technology, but Anders Helmemyr, one of the proponents of the transhumanist movement, is hopeful. He dreams of a day when this technology will be available to everyone. When a devastating terrorist strike rocks the world, Tiina Björk, expert investigator at the Swedish Security Service, is assigned to a manhunt for a mysterious hacker suspected of being involved in the attacks. But the investigation creates more questions than it does answers, and the curious interest from other security services suggests all is not as it seems, and something much bigger is going on. Introdus is the second book from Swedish computer scientist and sci-fi writer David Sikter’s epic trilogy Let There Be Gods, a compelling and evocative vision of the future of humanity in the age of sentient machines.

      The year is 2074. For a decade, the technology for mind upload has existed. Anyone who wants to – and has the means to do so – can now stave off death by having their brain scanned and uploaded to the grid; a virtual, digital world. Society is divided over the new technology, but Anders Helmemyr, one of the proponents of the transhumanist movement, is hopeful. He dreams of a day when this technology will be available to everyone. When a devastating terrorist strike rocks the world, Tiina Björk, expert investigator at the Swedish Security Service, is assigned to a manhunt for a mysterious hacker suspected of being involved in the attacks. But the investigation creates more questions than it does answers, and the curious interest from other security services suggests all is not as it seems, and something much bigger is going on. Introdus is the second book from Swedish computer scientist and sci-fi writer David Sikter’s epic trilogy Let There Be Gods, a compelling and evocative vision of the future of humanity in the age of sentient machines.

    • 3

      Technocalypsis
      Technocalypsis

      Technocalypsis

      David Sikter
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      If you could live forever, would you want to? This is the story of Anita and Kimmo and their struggle against cancer; of Aender and Kiyoshi and the first interstellar war, and of An and Ki and Earth’s last days. Intertwined, these three stories take the reader on a journey from Stockholm in the year 2016 to the end of time; a story about the breathtaking possibilities offered by the development of artificial intelligence and mind upload. “No one is ever really gone. Everything is connected. To be alive – that is to be part of something so big and so complicated that we will never fully understand it.” Technocalypsis is the third book from Swedish computer scientist and sci-fi writer David Sikter’s epic trilogy Let There Be Gods, a compelling and evocative vision of the future of humanity in the age of sentient machines.

      If you could live forever, would you want to? This is the story of Anita and Kimmo and their struggle against cancer; of Aender and Kiyoshi and the first interstellar war, and of An and Ki and Earth’s last days. Intertwined, these three stories take the reader on a journey from Stockholm in the year 2016 to the end of time; a story about the breathtaking possibilities offered by the development of artificial intelligence and mind upload. “No one is ever really gone. Everything is connected. To be alive – that is to be part of something so big and so complicated that we will never fully understand it.” Technocalypsis is the third book from Swedish computer scientist and sci-fi writer David Sikter’s epic trilogy Let There Be Gods, a compelling and evocative vision of the future of humanity in the age of sentient machines.

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