Bright Morning Star
Simon Morden is an award-winning novelist as well as a bona fide rocket scientist, with degrees in Geology and Planetary Geophysics. In Bright Morning Star he delivers perhaps his finest work to date, a ground-breaking take on first contact. Sent to Earth to explore, survey, collect samples and report back to its makers, an alien
Simon Morden is an award-winning novelist as well as a bona fide rocket scientist, with degrees in Geology and Planetary Geophysics. In Bright Morning Star he delivers perhaps his finest work to date, a ground-breaking take on first contact.
Sent to Earth to explore, survey, collect samples and report back to its makers, an alien probe arrives in the middle of a warzone. Witnessing both the best and worst of humanity, the AI probe faces situations that go far beyond the parameters of its programming, and is forced to improvise, making decisions that have repercussions for the future of our entire world.
“Morden has a natural talent for a plot that keeps the reader guessing.” – The Guardian
“Morden is a master storyteller” – Interzone
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Intelligent, witty and quite believable Iâm a fan of much of what Simon Morden writes, so i expected to like this, but it was a genuine surprise, in a good way. The story is based around the the idea that an alien probe ostensibly designed for general planetary exploration, might dropped into the middle of a war zone, apparently by accident. The probe is equipped with a generic AI, to deal with the unexpected and the war zone is certainly âunexpectedâ.What I loved about the story is how – slowly – we see specific…
Great book. A great read. Simon Morden writes believable people, even when they are an AI alien surveying robot.
Excellent new take on a first contact situation An excellent new take on a first contact situation from the “other” side (in more ways than one), characters build and change through the story, surprises, shocks and twists, some seen some unseen. Would definitely recommend. Also worth checking out the same authors “The Lost Art” another stand-alone and interesting novel.