Laminated Mouse-Brains and the Magic of AI

From Science Fiction to Sudden Reality

Back in my younger years I greatly enjoyed Science Fiction, and from junior high through graduate school, I probably read a thousand or more books in that genre, captivated by the enormous range of interesting ideas presented.

My two favorite authors had originally been Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke, though they were eventually replaced by Larry Niven and Roger Zelazny. However, I also enjoyed a multitude of other SF writers, and among them there was so...