Genesis is an interesting take on artificial intelligence and the philosophical issues it raises -- as well as a few ethical questions. Beckett's choice of ancient-Greek tie-ins (Anaximander also has a mentor named Pericles) are a bit of a distraction, in part also because he does not seem fully committed to the connection, but on the whole the ideas and foundations are very www.doorway.ru: Bernard Beckett. · Genesis is Beckett's eighth novel and was inspired, we're told, while the author was studying DNA at the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Evolution on a Royal Society Fellowship. Previously published in New Zealand in , it won the Esther Glen Award and the Young Adult Fiction Category at the New Zealand Post Book Awards, and went on to ignite a bidding war in Brand: HMH Books. · There are, in fact, times when Genesis feels a bit like sitting in on a doctoral defence, but this also allows Beckett to expound his ideas with admirable economy. "Human spirit," he says, "is the Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins.
The complete review's Review. Genesis is a post-apocalyptic tale set towards the end of the 21st century, on an island-state called The Republic (that was founded by a man named Plato) that has completely isolated itself from the rest of the world (not that there's apparently much left of that). The 'Last War' began in , and by sealing itself off The Republic was spared the plagues that. Bernard Beckett's Genesis is set some time later, when young student Anaximander is being interviewed by three examiners for a place in the exclusive academy, which accepts less than 1% of all. Editorial Reviews. More successfully than any other novel I've read recently, Bernard Beckett's Genesis epitomises the investigative ideal of science www.doorway.ru any standards it's a short novel and at pages is perhaps more truly a novella, but in a genre given to overinflated, ponderous tomes screaming out for an editor wielding a samurai sword, there's a refreshing efficiency to Becketts.
There are, in fact, times when Genesis feels a bit like sitting in on a doctoral defence, but this also allows Beckett to expound his ideas with admirable economy. "Human spirit," he says, "is the. Bernard Beckett, born in , is a high school teacher based in Wellington, New Zealand, where he teaches drama, mathematics, and English. Genesis was written while he was in a Royal Society genetics research fellowship investigating DNA mutations. Genesis is an interesting take on artificial intelligence and the philosophical issues it raises -- as well as a few ethical questions. Beckett's choice of ancient-Greek tie-ins (Anaximander also has a mentor named Pericles) are a bit of a distraction, in part also because he does not seem fully committed to the connection, but on the whole the ideas and foundations are very good.
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