The Singularity Trap

Posted on 05 September 2018 by Dennis E. Taylor

After scrimping and saving for two years, Ivan Pritchard lands a berth with the mining ship Mad Astra His one share buys him six months of searching the asteroid belt for that elusive cache of metals that could make the entire crew wealthy, and allow Ivan to pull his family out of the depths of poverty.While investigating a promising asteroid, Ivan triggers an extraterrestrial booby trap, which squirts a strange liquid substance onto his arm The next morning, he wakes up to find his forearm turning into living metal Soon his other limbs begin to change, and worse yet, there s an artificial intelligence growing in his head and talking to him As alien nanites eat his ship out from under him, the AI reveals its mission to convert the solar system and the human race into a war machine meant to fight in an interstellar battle that has raged for millions of years.To save his family and the human race Ivan will need to play a deadly game of brinkmanship with the military, all the while hiding his plans from both his crewmates and the alien computer residing in his brain. 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Taylor – kino-fada.fr I read this purely because I liked the author s other books so much However, I was actually shocked to feel so different about this one compared to the Bobiverse series.We follow Ivan, the MC, who is a miner in financial trouble Humanity has managed to not stop global warming On the contrary many coastal places such as Florida are gone due to melted ice caps More than ever, if you re not born into a rich family, you are at a serious disadvantage death definitely being an option So he buy I read this purely because I liked the author s...2.5 very meh stars for the Audible version narrated by Ray Porter.This was just very meh for me and it s partly my own darn fault that I didn t like this I must not have read the description fully, because I thought I was going to be listening to the adventures of a space miner and I anticipated somethingfun Instead, this isa thinly veiled introspective and moralistic look at how a possible interaction with an intergalactic species might occur it repeatedly reminded me of some of 2.5 very meh stars for the Audible version narrated by Ray Porter.This was just very meh for me and it s partly my own darn fault that I didn t like this I must not have read the description fully, because I thought I was going to be listening to the adventures of a space miner and I anticipated somethingfun Instead, this isa thinly veiled introspective and moralistic look at how a possible interaction with an intergalactic species might occur it repeatedly reminded me of some of Robert A Heinlein spreachy fare Dennis E Taylor s Bo...Where the Bobbiverse novels relied on an equal mix of pop culture nerdiness and solid SF idea exploration in the realm of a self replicating AI who is still effectively human , The Singularity Trap jumps on some of the same solid SF ideas and plotting but does it without most of the humor.I can only assume this might piss off a few fans of the other books, but not me It just proves that Taylor has the grit to back up his SF idea exploration with nothingthan good characterizations, big te Where the Bobbiverse novels relied on an equal mix of pop culture nerdiness and solid SF idea exploration in the realm of a self replicating AI who is still effectively human , The Singularity Trap jumps on some of the same solid SF ideas and plotting but does it without most of the humor.I can only assume this might piss off a few fans of the other books, but not me It just proves that Taylor has the grit to back up his SF idea exploration with nothingthan good characterizations, big tech, and even better Fermi Game Theory musings.The novel begins with a mining ship finding something strange which can be surmised from the cover, butthan that, this is a novel of equations Not math we have to do ourselves, of course, but equations such...I expected so muchSo, so muchPreordered the book as soon as I heard about it Thank you, Jane and set a very high expectation bar After all, Dennis is the guy who brought us Bobiverse series How could I not As it turns out, I shouldn t have Warning Do not read this if you haven t read the book yet, but want to This review is full of spoilers I m just so pissed off right now that I don t feel like using spoiler tags Read on at your own peril On the other hand, there i I expected so muchSo, so muchPreordered the book as soon as I heard about it Thank you, Jane and set a very high expectation bar After all, Dennis is the guy who brought us Bobiverse series How could I not As it turns out, I shouldn t have Warning Do not read this if you haven t read the book yet, but want to This review is full of spoilers I m just so pissed off right now that I don t feel like using spoiler tags Read on at your own peril On the other hand, there isn t much to spoil anyway Book has been telegraphing the ending since page 1 Twists and turns Not so much.We follow the story of an unfortunate astronaut, Ivan, who discovered an alien life form Actually, the alien life form kind of discovered him when he tried to touch it It then started replacing his body parts with a metal version while keeping him him throughout the process.Ivan, the chrome man now, figured he ll eventually die...The fast improving SF author revisits many of the themes of his Bobiverse series in this entertaining hardish SF novel that s a clear leveling up of characterization and story telling with less sarcastic humor and pop culture references.The asteroid mining ship the Mad Astra is on a hard luck streak when it finds the strike of a lifetime However, that break comes with a sting when one of crew members, IT guy Ivan Pritchard encounters a bizarre substance that attaches itself to the arm of his sp The fast improving SF author revisits many of the themes of his Bobiverse series in this entertaining hardish SF novel that s a clear leveling up of characterization and story telling with less sarcastic humor and pop culture references.The asteroid mining ship the Mad Astra is on a hard luck streak when it finds the strike of a lifetime However, that break comes with a sting when one of crew members, IT guy Ivan Pritchard encounters a bizarre substance that attaches itself to the arm of his spacesuit After cutting him free of the arm of his space suit and returning him to the Mad Astra Ivan wakes the next day to find his arm turned into living metal, and the conversion is not stopping there What happens next threatens humanity and the whole solar system in a tense standoff with the alien intelligence behind Ivan s transformation and Earth forces.The author s interest in the Fermi Paradox is on show with a solution postulated here that s been much discussed already in the...3 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum completing his Bobiverse trilogy, Dennis E Taylor tries his hand at something a little deeper andserious in The Singularity Trap Despite the slight drop in humorous moments and the pacing being a little uneven in places, it was still a very entertaining read complete with an old school sci fi feel and plenty of nods to hard science.The story begins on the mining ship Mad Astra where readers are introduced to 3 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum completing his Bobiverse trilogy, Dennis E Taylor tries his hand at something a ...Forgive my absence of late I m doing my masters and unfortunately this means that my reading time now consists of reading research reports and text books instead of fiction And there is another 2.5 years of this Thankfully with travelling to and from work, and lots of cleaning up to do with two young kids, there is plenty of time for audio books This was the first Dennis E Taylor book I have encountered It was a lot of fun I will pretty much listen to anything that Ray Porter narrates so I Forgive my absence of late I m doing my masters and unfortunately this means that my reading time now consists of reading research reports and text books instead of fiction And there is another 2.5 years of this Thankfully with travelling to and from work, and lots of cleaning up to do with two young kids, there is plenty of time for audio books This was the first Dennis E Taylor book I have encountered It was a lot of fun I will pretty much listen to anything that Ray Porter narrates so I was excited to see he had narrated another sci fi and I was not disappointed.Down on his luck, Ivan scores a job on a mining ship, searching for metals that will make them all rich so he is able to provide for hi...The dynamic duo of Dennis E Taylor and Ray Porter have done it again This author and narrator team have once again created an incredible sci fi story that was extremely unique, and so much fun to listen to.Ivan is a newbie space asteroid miner who touches a rock that squirts a liquid onto his arm Turns out the asteroid is an alien booby trap which has been waiting around for eons to catch some poor species unawares Ivan begins to turn into metal little by little and eventu...The team of Dennis E Taylor and Ray Porter have again delivered audiobook gold The Singularity Trap, penned by Taylor and voiced by Porter is a new hard sci fi Audible exclusive release The story incorperates first contact, nanotechnology, military conspiracies, inter...I really wanted to like this book After all, it had everything going for it Written by Dennis E Taylor, who has recently finished what has become one of my all time favorites series with his Bobiverse trilogy As I almost always consume my books by audio any, Ray Porter returning to narrate was also another element strongly in favor of this new book Let s get some positives out of the way, for there are several As stated, Ray Porter once again brings an A game to the narration with I really wanted to like this book After all, it had everything going for it Written by Dennis E Taylor, who has recently finished what has become one of my all time favorites series with his Bobiverse trilogy As I almost always consume my books by audio any, Ray Porter ret...

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05 September 2018

Dennis E. Taylor