false 6171892 9 Set on a remote island in a post-apocalyptic, plague-ridden world, this electrifying novel is destined to become a modern classic. Anax thinks she knows her history. She’d better. She’s now facing three Examiners, and her grueling all-day Examination has just begun. If she passes, she’ll be admitted into the Academy—the elite governing institution of her utopian society. But Anax is about to discover that for all her learning, the history she’s been taught isn’t the whole story. And that the Academy isn’t what she believes it to be. In this brilliant novel of dazzling ingenuity, Anax’s examination leads us into a future where we are confronted with unresolved questions raised by science and philosophy. Centuries old, these questions have gained new urgency in the face of rapidly developing technology. What is consciousness? What makes us human? If artificial intelligence were developed to a high enough capability, what special status could humanity still claim? Outstanding and original, Beckett’s dramatic narrative comes to a stunning close. This perfect combination of thrilling page-turner and provocative novel of ideas demands to be read again and again. 6351510 2005 Genesis total:425|5:79|4:190|3:111|2:36|1:9| 425 1569 1215 197 5 3 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 13:23:58 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 20:42:58 -0700 2009 The Road. I started reading it the moment it arrived in my mailbox and was not able to put it down until I'd finished it. It's an intensely cerebral and philosophical read for a young adult novel. And just when I thought I'd discovered the secr...more...]]> 5 1 false true Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 12:00:55 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 12:58:01 -0800 2009 "WOW!!!!!!!!!!!"

My second reaction: This will most definitely make the list of "Most Challenged Books" for 2009!

~ POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT ~

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The book description (a post-apocalyptic, plague ridden world, an elite Academy who interviews young ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 15:58:59 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 16:14:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 19:22:24 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 19:23:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Sep 17 08:30:18 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 08:30:18 -0700 2009 SF Site: At only 150 pages, Genesis is a bit short of novel-length, but its deception goes much further than that. It's a kind of marketing ploy, of course, a lot more of us are likely to rush out to buy a good new science fiction story than we are the latest example of a Socratic dialogue. And in i...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 21:05:38 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 21:34:14 -0700 2009 1
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The writing in Genesis is flawless. There are no annoying repetetive points, no silly divergences into topics that are meant to distract the reader, and no incidents of authorial showing ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 21:25:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 21:26:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false true Thu Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 11:53:40 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 11:53:40 -0700 2009
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Spoiler alert.

This book has the same subject as the movie "AI" (which was based on Brian Aldiss' story "Supertoys will last all...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:47:45 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:47:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 12 22:47:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 16 12:54:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 10:48:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 08:24:30 -0800 2009
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