3S10

3S10: The Saving Remnant (Something Needs To Be DoneAbout The Humans) is about the much-hackneyed theme of AI-takeover (but with a unique spin, the author protests!) on the one hand, and about ‘ what is a life worth living ’, ‘ can I have a good death, please, ’ and 'why is "death" an institutional matter with loads of experts covering (having to cover) their own backs???' on the other.  It’s about death, and the denial of death, which is a denial of life (with a lot of swearing en route…). Here’s Kevin Toolis on The Matter: "In the Anglo-Saxon world, death is a whisper. Instinctively we feel we should dim the lights, lower our voices and draw the screens. We want to give the dead, dying and the grieving room. We say we do so because we don’t want to intrude. And that is true but not for these reasons. We don’t want to intrude because we don’t want to look at the mirror of our own death. We have lost our way with death" H

Following up the earlier post on 'The Three Body Problem' (Cixin Liu), I've just ordered ‘The Dark Forest’ (The Three-Body Problem, Book 2) from Amazon, and bought the 3rd book 'Death's End' last week (it's on the waist-high books-to-be-read toppling-over heap next to the bed); I'll probably get 'The Dark Forest' off Audible to listen to in the car as well (that's 23 hrs 11 mins)   .. let's see, 23hrs 11 minutes ... that'll  https://www.distancecalculator.net/from-bristol-to-algiers  - get me to, er,  Algiers, driving at an average speed of 70mph in my supercharged Bentley, bien sur ... Anyway, reading the 'reviews' of The Dark Forest' on Amazon after viewing the current sales figures of 3S10: The Saving Remnant (Something Needs To Be Done About The Humans) on Amazon cheered me up. Some people will like your book, some will hate it, some don't give a damn either way. Just keep on pushing that plough thru

Terry Pratchett's unfinished novels destroyed by steamroller  "The unfinished books of Sir  Terry Pratchett  have been destroyed by a steamroller, following the late fantasy novelist’s wishes." https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/30/terry-pratchett-unfinished-novels-destroyed-streamroller?CMP=share_btn_fb "The author of over 70 novels, Pratchett was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2007. He became  an advocate for assisted dying , giving a moving lecture on the subject, Shaking Hands With Death, in 2010, and presenting a documentary for the BBC called Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die." https://freedocumentaries.org/documentary/terry-pratchett-choosing-to-die From 3S10: The Saving Remnant (Something Needs To Be Done About The Humans) : JULIETTE – WHAT’S THE POINT? ‘How’s Mum?’ asked Ronnie. ‘Juliette looked at him. ‘Whadya mean, “how’s Mum”?’ she said. ‘Ok, Ok, just asking,’ said Ronnie. ‘How d’ya think,’ said Juliette. ‘N