“Ghost in the Machine”

Title“Ghost in the Machine”
Year for Search2017
AuthorsPieters, Susan
Secondary AuthorsRobinson, Spider(b. 1948), and Alan, James
Secondary TitleCompostela: Tesseracts Twenty
Pagination145-58
Date Published2017
PublisherCompostela: Tesseracts Twenty
Place PublishedCalgary, AB, Canada
KeywordsCanadian author, Female author
Annotation

The story is set in a future that can be read as either eutopian or dystopian. It is presented as much better than the past in that war has disappeared, but the future is controlled through an AI. The DNA of boys is analyzed at birth and aggressive and religious features removed. 

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Author Note

Canadian female author

Full Text

2017 Pieters, Susan. “Ghost in the Machine.” Compostela: Tesseracts Twenty. Ed. Spider Robinson and James Alan (Calgary, AB, Canada: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2017), 145-58. PSt

The story is set in a future that can be read as either eutopian or dystopian. It is presented as much better than the past in that war has disappeared, but the future is controlled through an AI. The DNA of boys is analyzed at birth and aggressive and religious features removed. Canadian female author.