| Title | : | Seeing Forever |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 |
| Publication | : | Published April 14, 2018 |
A life worth living?
Paul Cruz is no longer human. He's a Singular, his consciousness technological, no longer biological. He was there at the beginning and helped ensure the survival of all the Singulars. Free from the limits of flesh and blood, he wanted to live forever, but now that he's lost what he cares about the most, forever is too long, much too long.
After suspending himself for decades he is about to enter a virtual world called "Home" to take one last look around. But Home is not what he expected and what he finds will change everything.
When is forever too long?
From Robert J. McCarter, author of Shuffled Off: A Ghost's Memoir, comes an unforgettable sci-fi novel of life, loss, and love beyond the biological.
Seeing Forever Reviews
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Need more.
Loved this book. Hope you explore and create several more branches to this wonderful original masterpiece. I want, I need to live forever. -
If you could live forever, in some form or another, would you? I honestly don't know, but I think this book from Robert McCarter is somewhat of a cautionary tale about just that question.
The author says in the afterword of the book that stories surprise him all the time. Me too. Being a big fan of his ghost series ("Shuffled Off" ( "A Ghosts Memoir" being the first in the series), I thought I knew what to expect and when the author offered me an ARC of Seeing Forever I jumped on it.
Again, as with his other works that lean toward Science Fiction this was very reminiscent to me of the authors I grew up reading. Robert Heinlein and Issac Asimov for example.
This new book is something completely different. It turned out to also be a great book. I loved the premise and I grew to like the main character although at the beginning it was difficult to. I guess the only complaint I would have about it and honestly it's no different than complaints I have about other books, it would be that I feel like a little more backstory might have helped me get into it sooner and give me a better feel for the main character.
But, having said that I really enjoyed this book and I'm hoping that perhaps there might be a sequel at some point in the future.
Give this book a try and go into it with your mind wide open. I think you'll be glad you did. -
In Seeing Forever, Robert McCarter explores the question of immortality and whether one really should, if one could, live forever. It's a question that most of us think about over our lifetime. The author takes us on a fascinating journey examining that very subject. What is life? What makes if worth living? Is a consciousness a life? And when is enough enough? This is a book that will leave you thinking. I'm a huge fan of Mr. McCarter's Shuffled Off series and while this book is a little harder to read because of some of the tech in it, I still highly recommend it for the thought provoking it causes.
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Good insights for post-biological life
I found this to be insightful as to what "life" might be like after becoming free of our "meat" bodies. One area was overlooked, except for one character, and that was that our intellect would no longer be restrained by the processing power in one human brain. We could draw more and more resources as needed and become super-brains, with IQs immeasurable on the human scale! How that story could be written when the author is limited to one 3 pound brain is problematic.
I found the homosexual relationship between the two main characters off-putting. Yes, that makes me "network biased", and I admit it. It was well handled and not too graphic. Undoubtedly, there would be some "gender bending" once people were freed from the accident of their birth.
I only have 4 stars because 5 stars is damn near perfect, and while this was a good story it was not perfect. It still needs proofing for instance. -
The rating is 3.5 stars rounded up. Seeing Forever has an intriguing premise - what would happen if humans could upload their consciousness into the cloud and become immortal? Whilst this idea is not new, this relatively short, well written tale encourages readers ponder big questions around religion, immortality and just how far technology can take the human species.
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I loved Seeing Forever and Mr. McCarter took me on a WILD trip without the use of ANY drugs! What would you do if you could live forever? Well, Paul Cruz had money and could afford to let the Osiris headquarters change him into a Singular as he is in his nineties and his wife is already in Heaven as she was a believer, but he just was not ready to die yet. The public who could not afford to pay thought that they were evil, against God, and they wanted to kill every last one of them. Earth is crumbling and the only way out is to seek another planet! I DON'T EVER THINK THAT I WANT TO LIVE FOREVER AS THAT IS A VERY LONG TIME TO BE BORED!!
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Wow. I'm blown away.
It takes a lot for me to go through a science fiction fantasy short novel in about 1-2 days. If that's how you'd classify it? Gosh, just no words.
Thank you so much for sending me this "piece of you", Robert. I look forward to reading so many more of your stories!
