The G.O.D. Factor, by Rachel V. Olivier:
This is a novella length SF work by our blog colleague Rachel Olivier. A deactivated artificial intelligence unit that once ran a giant warship regains sentience. And it’s insane. It also thinks it’s God. And now it’s installed in a civilian ship rather than a warship, with a crew that is poorly prepared to deal with it. The event happens during the shift of a crew member named Monica, and she has to figure out how to get her fellow crew members out of an AI imposed stasis and retake the ship.
Good stuff. I might have actually liked seeing a longer version of this. It could be expanded to a novel, but I don’t know if there’s any plans for that. It’s definitely a quick read, well written, with a solid emotional core to the story. Rachel is a polished writer. I always recommend her work.
You can pick this one up at Sam’s Dot.
Past All Traps, by Don Wentworth:
This is a collection of haiku and other short poems, observations about the world and about life. It sort of combines Eastern and Western sensibilities. I thought it was very good. There are whimsical pieces and pieces that are much sharper and pierce.
"Stop counting syllables
start counting the dead."
My favorite, because it's so true: "While begging forgiveness, plotting my next scheme."
I recommended it.
If you want this one, you can pick it up from Issa’s Untidy Hut. The link is at the top of the right hand column.
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