Deus X and Other Stories

by Norman Spinrad

They say these are the last days, Momma Gaia's been murdered by her idiot children, reefs all coral corpses, ice still going, waters still arising, biosphere melting away in the super tropic sun like a big jellyfish beached on the Martian shore. For sure we're the grandsons and daughters of less than wise old monkeys, but on the other hand, we're all made of mud, one of the good books says, so considering where we come from, maybe we haven't done too bad. And in my line of work, I've become convinced that even the entities on the Other Side are just playing the cards that someone else dealt as best they cn. I've been told that's a bad attitude, but a lot of the people who say it pay me good money to use it for their own devices. "Cause that's what it takes to deal with what's on the Other Side, whether you think you're dealing with electronic loss, or your dearly departed, or just the expert system ghosts haunting the bits and bytes.

Genres: Science Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Collections, Cyberpunk

231 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Born in New York in 1940, Norman Spinrad is an acclaimed SF writer.

Norman Spinrad, born in New York City, is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science. In 1957 he entered City College of New York and graduated in 1961 with a Bachelor of Science degree as a pre-law major. In 1966 he moved to San Francisco, then to Los Angeles, and now lives in Paris. He married fellow novelist N. Lee Wood in 1990; they divorced in 2005. They had no children. Spinrad served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) from 1980 to 1982 and again from 2001 to 2002.

Reviews

[Bill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deus X is my favorite work in the Cyperpunk genre, it is a shame more people haven't read it.

On the occasion of the election of Pope Francis, my mind was upon the future issues the church will have to wrestle with and that caused me to think of Deus X. And upon thinking of it, I decided to re-read it yet again. And it never disappoints.

[Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great mindbending sci fi book dealing with ecology, mortality, cyberspace, and the Roman Catholic church.

[Gabe · Rating 4 out of 5]

An engaging musing on soul, self, intelligent machines and the Roman Catholic Church.

[Kevin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The version I had was ONLY "Deus X", but it was a pretty good book.

[Sarena · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was great reading this again, after so many advances in technology.