K.Hudson
Scribe
So, the title is called Dreamfield, and I'll probably have a free copy available in a few months.
First I'll have some copies available for anyone interested in beta reading, and I'll discuss that in the appropriate thread.
Then I'll have some ARC's then forever free copies of e-books.
On the surface level, it's a space opera science fiction book. However, because I've read just as much literature, history, mythology as I have sci-fi, I really wanted to make something that blends mythology, culture and philosophy with space opera elements, and challenge myself in a way that it's not too much of a slog to read. At it's core, it explores a few themes:
One primary one is the effects of reliance on technology in the decision making process and the question of whether that can inevitably make us less human, or, at the very least, less effective at moral reasoning?
The other question it explores is how important is it for a people to have a distinct cultural identity? Is it actually as essential to survival as physical needs?
It also explores what happens when reality becomes defined by the consensus? That is exactly what Dreamfield is. On the technical level, it's a tangible VR, but at a deeper level it's a consensus driven machine in which everyone gets their desires fulfilled, but this inevitably means, as a collective, they also get their desires fulfilled, and this plays into how consensus can influence culture and how culture can influence civilization and how civilizations rise and and fall, and I play around with the idea of how the consensus of the collective is also reflected in the individual.
I know, it sounds really complicated. Putting it really simply, it's basically just about the individual and the collective and what determines how one can influence the other, essentially. In way, technology plays as a surrogate for a consensus driven collective, itself, so it all ties together with that idea of collective and individual. I like playing with this theme, because I find it interesting how most people in realize how much they're a product of the world they live in.
First I'll have some copies available for anyone interested in beta reading, and I'll discuss that in the appropriate thread.
Then I'll have some ARC's then forever free copies of e-books.
On the surface level, it's a space opera science fiction book. However, because I've read just as much literature, history, mythology as I have sci-fi, I really wanted to make something that blends mythology, culture and philosophy with space opera elements, and challenge myself in a way that it's not too much of a slog to read. At it's core, it explores a few themes:
One primary one is the effects of reliance on technology in the decision making process and the question of whether that can inevitably make us less human, or, at the very least, less effective at moral reasoning?
The other question it explores is how important is it for a people to have a distinct cultural identity? Is it actually as essential to survival as physical needs?
It also explores what happens when reality becomes defined by the consensus? That is exactly what Dreamfield is. On the technical level, it's a tangible VR, but at a deeper level it's a consensus driven machine in which everyone gets their desires fulfilled, but this inevitably means, as a collective, they also get their desires fulfilled, and this plays into how consensus can influence culture and how culture can influence civilization and how civilizations rise and and fall, and I play around with the idea of how the consensus of the collective is also reflected in the individual.
I know, it sounds really complicated. Putting it really simply, it's basically just about the individual and the collective and what determines how one can influence the other, essentially. In way, technology plays as a surrogate for a consensus driven collective, itself, so it all ties together with that idea of collective and individual. I like playing with this theme, because I find it interesting how most people in realize how much they're a product of the world they live in.
