(Drivebycuriosity) - Science fiction writers speculate about possibilities. What futures are waiting for us, what would space travelers experience, what kind of intelligent life forms may exist somewhere and so on and on. "Sapience", a collection of short stories by Alexis Lantgen, is a nice example (amazon).
The little book (10 stories, 152 pages) offers an entertaining mixture of science fiction, horror & fairy tales. Some stories remind of Heinlein ("Chrysalis ), some of Franz Kafka ("You``ll Be So Much Calmer" & "Remade" ) and some of Brothers Grimm`s fairy tales ("Swan"). The stories are entertaining, sometimes hilarious and spiced with violent & drastic scenes - and there is also some erotics. My favorite is "Hulk" about a scientist who is employed to educate an artificial intelligence (AI) which leads to complications. I also like that some stories are set on Europa. The Jupiter Moon is popular with scifi authors, because it´s covered with a water ocean below a thick ice shield and might hide some basic life.
In the moment of writing the Kindle version costs just $2,99. A bargain.
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