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Reminds me of a book I recently finished (Death's End by Cixin Liu). A major plot element is sending a human brain to intercept an alien civilization that is en
by stevendhansen 10y ago
Reminds me of a book I recently finished (Death's End by Cixin Liu). A major plot element is sending a human brain to intercept an alien civilization that is en-route to Earth with the hope that the aliens will resurrect the person and use his knowledge establish a better dialog with humanity.
- pavel_lishin 10y agoI recall reading another novel where one of the protagonists was resurrected far, far in the future by a seemingly incomprehensible race. (Little spiders, of sorts.) Unfortunately, due to unfamiliarity with humanity, they did a bad job, and his body only lasted a few minutes before dying again. I wish I could remember what the book was.
- dmreedy 10y agoAt the very least, "poorly reassembled by incomprehensible aliens" is a plot element in the Star Trek TOS pilot. Granted, that character lasted more than a few minutes. And costumes for incomprehensible aliens are expensive, so big veiny heads will do.
- ghayes 10y agoFYI, these is Star Trek's episode "The Managerie" [0], and was original the pilot episode "The Cage" [1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Menagerie_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Menagerie_(Star_Trek:_The_... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cage_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cage_(Star_Trek:_The_Origi...
- kilroy123 10y agoSounds like a real life version of hell.
- Jtsummers 10y agoRautavarra's Case by PKD is similar. After an accident, an alien race resuscitates one of the [EDIT: human] victims, leading to some interesting consequences related to differing conceptions of the afterlife. Text: http://www.philipkdickfans.com/literary-criticism/rautaavaras-case/ http://www.philipkdickfans.com/literary-criticism/rautaavara... Synopsis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rautavaara%27s_Case Probably not the one you're thinking of, but somewhat related.
- Lerc 10y agoDennis potter wrote an intriguing take on this. When Potter was dying he wrote Karaoke (which was about a dying writer writing a play entitled Karaoke who discovers his characters actually exist) This is followed by Cold Lazarus which is set in a dystopian future in a lab working on the cryogenically frozen head of the author from Karaoke. There is a fairly open question as to how much of Karaoke is a prequel and how much of it is a concurrent experience of the mind being experimented upon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaoke_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Lazarus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Lazarus
- darklajid 10y agoMy best guess that kinda, sorta matches your description: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (I liked that one)
- astrange 10y agoI think I read this in a short story collection, but totally can't remember which one.
- arunix 10y agoYour description sounds similar in some ways to The Last Legends of Earth, by A. A. Attanasio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Legends_of_Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Legends_of_Earth
- pavel_lishin 10y agoI don't think that's it - the spidercritters play a very small role in the story I'm thinking of - but this sounds fascinating. Thanks!
- Razengan 10y agoReminds me of the opening of the movie Prometheus.
- happy-go-lucky 10y agoCreepy yet interesting.
- maverick_iceman 10y agoSpoiler alert, dude!
- kbenson 10y agoSeriously. I'm at the very beginning of the second book right now.
- jessaustin 10y agoYes, that was ridiculous. I wish mods would just delete spoiler posts.
- flukus 10y agoThe book is 6 years old, what's the spoiler limit? Did you know Darth Vader was Luke Skywalkers father?
- solipsism 10y agoThe metric is percentage of the population already having seen the movie or read the book. Not how long it's been out.
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- flukus 10y agoNot a lot of people read Plato but pointing out the horse was filled with troops isn't a spoiler.
- pbhjpbhj 10y agoI'm not a classicist but I'm guessing you meant Homer? Though Plato used the reference to said horse I think he did it on the basis that his audience knew the story already. Ack, maybe I'm missing something here?