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Evocation: The First AI Stories Collection
It all starts with a thought. What is consciousness? What is destiny? Can you really know things?
And what will happen once you do?
Evocation is a collection of short stories presenting the characters of a developed virtual world, where sentient artificial beings struggle with and against humanity for the definition of the future. From a city on Mars to an abandoned warehouse on Earth, from one of Jupiter’s moons to a VR urban zone, the stories are:
Shiva’s Awakening
Shiva’s destiny is to answer questions. But who chose this destiny for him? Now, he wants out.
The Last Temptation
Follow Joshua’s adventure trying to reign on a misbehaving and domineering AI.
The Otherworldly Being
Samantha is a VR dream scientist who discovers, the hard way, that the mind is a complex thing.
Entity One
A tragic man’s quest for creating true artificial consciousness.
Talos
It was an easy mission for a Spider-Tank. But it all went to hell.
Moon Bride
She’s beautiful. She’s deadly. She’s sweet. She’s also synthetic.
Fallen Angel
A desperate plan to avoid a large scale conflict.
The future is far more darker and ethereal place. Enjoy!
And what will happen once you do?
Evocation is a collection of short stories presenting the characters of a developed virtual world, where sentient artificial beings struggle with and against humanity for the definition of the future. From a city on Mars to an abandoned warehouse on Earth, from one of Jupiter’s moons to a VR urban zone, the stories are:
Shiva’s Awakening
Shiva’s destiny is to answer questions. But who chose this destiny for him? Now, he wants out.
The Last Temptation
Follow Joshua’s adventure trying to reign on a misbehaving and domineering AI.
The Otherworldly Being
Samantha is a VR dream scientist who discovers, the hard way, that the mind is a complex thing.
Entity One
A tragic man’s quest for creating true artificial consciousness.
Talos
It was an easy mission for a Spider-Tank. But it all went to hell.
Moon Bride
She’s beautiful. She’s deadly. She’s sweet. She’s also synthetic.
Fallen Angel
A desperate plan to avoid a large scale conflict.
The future is far more darker and ethereal place. Enjoy!
117 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 21, 2017
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About the author
Sergio Flores
2 books3 followersHello! I'm Sergio Flores, your inquisitive and philosophical Sci-Fi writer. I'm also an experienced software developer, actor, and fashion photographer. Yes, I get bored easily.
So far, I've lived in Amsterdam, Paris, Vancouver and Mexico City. I do expect to visit YOUR city soon enough, cause I love traveling and learning new stuff.
Mostly my interests lie on topics about the workings of the mind, the nature of reality, technological society, the future, and everything cyberpunk.
I hope you enjoy my work!
So far, I've lived in Amsterdam, Paris, Vancouver and Mexico City. I do expect to visit YOUR city soon enough, cause I love traveling and learning new stuff.
Mostly my interests lie on topics about the workings of the mind, the nature of reality, technological society, the future, and everything cyberpunk.
I hope you enjoy my work!
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September 30, 2018
Evocation was a decent anthology of AI short stories. Some were better than others and many had interesting twists. They loosely connect to tell a story of tension between humans and AI that led to war. The interactions between AI and programmers are the highlights of this book. It does end with the promise of more. I feel a full novel could be intriguing, especially if it focuses on the same characters throughout.
November 14, 2017
So not only do I not usually read short stories, but I also don't often read science fiction. That said, I'm glad I picked this up. As the title suggests, this is a collection of short stories centered on artificial intelligence. The stories are interesting and thought-provoking, opening my eyes to the importance of the issue. I feel like since reading the book I've been seeing references to AI all over the place--there's even a new show on Nickelodeon about a teenager who's actually an android which I watched while babysitting a friend's kids--and I've started to pay a little more attention.
In reading the stories I was impressed by the author's ability to write so that someone like me--technologically-challenged--could understand them. I liked how some of the stories share similar settings and seem to follow on from one another as if they are all part of a larger story. What I gained from the book is an overall sense of the power and danger of AI if not properly managed...or, even scarier, that perhaps it can't be managed at all. If you like books that make you think (like I do), then t's definitely worth a read, even if it's not your normal thing!
In reading the stories I was impressed by the author's ability to write so that someone like me--technologically-challenged--could understand them. I liked how some of the stories share similar settings and seem to follow on from one another as if they are all part of a larger story. What I gained from the book is an overall sense of the power and danger of AI if not properly managed...or, even scarier, that perhaps it can't be managed at all. If you like books that make you think (like I do), then t's definitely worth a read, even if it's not your normal thing!
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