Destination: Void

The Pandora Sequence #0.5

by Frank Herbert

The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hybernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship's three Organic Mental Cores, disembodied human brains that control the vessel's functions, go insane. An emergency skeleton crew sees only one chance for survival: to create an artificial consciousness in the Earthling's primary computer, which could guide them to their destination . . . or could destroy the human race.

Frank Herbert's classic novel that begins the epic Pandora Sequence (written with Bill Ransom), which also includes The Jesus Incident, The Lazarus Effect, and The Ascension Factor.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Audiobook, Fantasy, Space Opera, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels

276 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.

The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, explores complex themes, such as the long-term survival of the human species, human evolution, planetary science and ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, economics and power in a future where humanity has long since developed interstellar travel and settled many thousands of worlds. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the entire series is considered to be among the classics of the genre.

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Yazarın şimdiye kadar okuduğum en sıkıcı kitabı, daha doğrusu 200 sayfa tahammül edebildiğim demeliyim. Maalesef sonuna gidemedim. Özet olarak tüm konu bilinç ve onu bilgisayarda nasıl yaratırız tartışmalarıyla dönüyor. Konu hakikaten sırf bundan ibaret. 2024 yılında biraz komik kaldı üstelik . Bir uzay yolculuğu ile insanlık başka bir gezegene giderken bütün olaylar oluyor. Bilim adamları kendi aralarında konuşsalar da olurmuş, niye bilinç yaratmaya uzay gemisinde çalışıyorlar? Kitapta cevap veriliyor ama hiç tatmin edici değil. Beğenemedim yazarın en düşük noktası gördüğüm kadarıyla. Uyumamak için büyük çaba sarf ederek okudum.