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Emily Eternal by [M. G. Wheaton]

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by M. G. Wheaton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Meet Emily, "the best AI character since HAL 9000" (Blake Crouch). She can solve advanced mathematical problems, unlock the mind's deepest secrets, but unfortunately, even she can't restart the sun.

Emily is an artificial consciousness, designed in a lab to help humans process trauma, which is particularly helpful when the sun begins to die 5 billion years before scientists agreed it was supposed to.

Her beloved human race is screwed, and so is Emily. That is, until she finds a potential answer buried deep in the human genome that may save them all. But not everyone is convinced Emily has the best solution--or the best intentions. Before her theory can be tested, the lab is brutally attacked, and Emily's servers are taken hostage.

Narrowly escaping, Emily is forced to go on the run with two human companions--college student Jason and small-town Sheriff, Mayra. As the sun's death draws near, Emily and her friends must race against time to save humanity. Soon it becomes clear not just the species is at stake, but also that which makes us most human.

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305 pages
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English
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Grand Central Publishing
Publication date

April 23, 2019
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Innovative...A quirky mix of melancholy, irreverence, and romance.

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Visionary. The best AI character since HAL 9000.

-- "Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author" --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Mark Wheaton began his writing career as a freelance reporter before becoming a screenwriter and producer on films like Friday the 13th, The Messengers, and the forthcoming Voice from the Stone. In addition, he created the comic book, The Cleaners, has scripted a number of video games, and self-published several short stories and novellas including the cadaver dog-centric Bones series. He lives in Los Angeles.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07G7527WR
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing (April 23, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 23, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1908 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 305 pages
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Best Sellers Rank: #926,493 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,560 in Technothrillers (Kindle Store)
- #3,835 in Technothrillers (Books)
- #3,991 in Action & Adventure Literary Fiction

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Mark Wheaton is the award-winning author of EMILY ETERNAL (Grand Central, 2019, written as M.G. Wheaton) which has been translated into 5 languages, and was named one of the Best Science Fiction Novels of the Year by the Financial Times. Booklist called it cleverly written and said "Fans of Andy Weir and Blake Crouch will enjoy the wit and action of Emily's story.” Mark also wrote an LA-set crime trilogy. the first of which, FIELDS OF WRATH, sold over 200,000 copies (Thomas & Mercer, 2016-2017). Most recently he’s the author of THE QUAKE CITIES (Severn House, 2021), about which Booklist said: "This post-apocalyptic novel will appeal to fans across genres, and the resoundingly hopeful conclusion is a welcome message.” Kirkus Reviews calls his upcoming novel, WRAITH, "an involving and fast-moving family-ghost thriller…” His first horror short story appeared in the 2021 Stoker Award-nominated anthology, WORST LAID PLANS, from Grindhouse Press. Subsequently, he has had horror shorts published in anthologies from Dark Peninsula Press, Sentinel Creatives, Blood Song Books, Macabre Ladies, 18th Wall, HellBound Books, Excessive Nuance, Bag of Bones Press, Dead Sea Press, Fedowar Press, Black Hart, and more. He has also worked as a screenwriter (FRIDAY THE 13TH, THE MESSENGERS, VOICE FROM THE STONE, etc.), comic book writer (Dark Horse's THE CLEANERS), video game scribe (F.E.A.R. franchise), and journo for movie magazines like FANGORIA, SFX, TOTAL FILM, and more.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2020

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It started out good - I was really engaged in the characters. As is often the case though the author wrote and wrote and I was enjoying it but then some sort of alarm went off that they needed to have a conclusion. At that point we shifted gears into this wildly futuristic weirdness that felt like it was grafted on to the end to wrap up to story with a lot of leaps of faith for the reader. I found it very dissatisfying. Not a bad read for what it was but it could have been so much more if the ending hadn't been rushed.

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A thought provoking sci-fi thriller

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2019

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While I was waiting for Blake Crouch's new (& excellent) sci-fi thriller I ordered "Emily Eternal", because, well Blake Crouch raved about it. The less you know about this book the better, but the favorable comparisons to the Arthur C Clarke's legendary "HAL 9000" are not far off the mark. M.G. Wheaton's "Emily" is a fascination A.I. & the novel has a lollapalooza set up which I won't give away here. The book moves along nicely while having enough on its mind to make you pause & think.

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Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2019

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I had no idea what to expect when I read the book's description nor when I started reading the book. I so did not see this ending coming. Wow...

Emily Eternal is nothing I've ever read before. This was such a unique tale. I raced through it becuase Emily's story ecxited me so much. I absolutely loved her character and I had to remind myself from time to time that she is not a real person.

I would recommend this book to everyone who loved a good sci-fi.

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Compelling but Not Believable

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2019

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This book is initially pretty compelling, with interesting characters and a thoughtful premise. But, ultimately, it feels rushed toward the end, and that may be why it also seems not believable. More development may have helped make it work better. Still, the plot is a pretty big reach.

3 people found this helpful

Clever and insightful

Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2019

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Wasn’t sure I would get into this, but loved it. Emily is an endearing character in a sobering, yet uplifting novel. Narrative from the AC’s point of view was refreshing as well.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2021

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If you remember when you read Heinlein’s Have Spacesuit Will Travel and the the fun of reading then you will find the same feeling with this book. Fun read.

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Interesting concept

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2021

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I did really enjoy the conversation surrounding what makes a human a human—whether it is their soul or their body—but I wish it would have dove deeper and explored that

Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2019

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Great story

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Gibbs

Ends arbitrarily

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2019

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Starts quite well with a humanized AI as narrative voice, describing life in the last days of the sun, but rapidly dissolves into arbitrary violence and finally an absurd "leap in human evolution" to escape the inevitable.

NJ

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 29, 2019

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I did not enjoy this at all. Too tecky, too heavy.

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Unputdownable

Reviewed in India on December 29, 2019

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A deeply fantastic book. I couldn't stop reading it. Theind of AI, the deliberation on free will and then the entire pace. It's a scorcher.

Coldnight

I don't have an EGO!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2019

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I do not have lots of experience of science fiction stories and therefore I don't know how Emily Eternal compares to other stories within said field. So, judging it as I find it: I love the cover of the book; don't change it publishers! Emily is not the outcome of a laboratory's work on Artificial Intelligence but that of Artificial Consciousness – a nice distinction, indeed. “She” comes in useful because the Sun is going to die far earlier than scientists predicted and she is consulted by some learned dignitaries to enter into the consciousness of humanity in order to save DNA for future, post apocalypse, Earth.

The problem being that certain groups want to apprehend this Consciousness to serve their own purpose.

I find the concept of Consciousness being conscious of itself quite amusing. In many ways I am already primed to enjoy such a story as this one. However, I do feel that the author hasn't quite attained a level of authorship that would cause me to feel riveted by either the story or his penmanship. One moment we are being introduced to the concept of “Emily” and then far too soon, without sufficient deepening of plot, raids take place and persons associated with Emily are killed. Then Emily is fleeing with 2 friends, if one will allow such a term.

We later learn that there was in fact a second version of Emily known as Emily-2 who tries to thwart the efforts of Emily because, unlike Emily who has, by entering into the minds of humans, learnt of the more loving side of being human, only wants to control – not get involved in wishy-washy humane concepts.

I don't believe in mirroring every aspect of a book and therefore I will not tell you how Emily Eternal concludes. I suspect, indeed hope, that many of you will not be as pedantic and analytical as I am and therefore will not let the occasional inconsistency of plot spoil your enjoyment of Emily should you decide to purchase Emily Eternal.

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Emily Eternal

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2019

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A very unique science fiction novel, 'Emily Eternal' tells the story of Emily, an Artificial Consciousness (AC - different to an Artificial Intelligence, in ways she herself explains!) designed to interface with people and help them to process trauma by accessing their memories. While Emily does not have a physical body, she can be perceived as such by use of an interface chip worn by a human. This process was working well until a planetary disaster is shown to be imminent - the sun is dying, five billion years ahead of schedule. This leads governmental teams to issue a different mission for Emily, using her massive processing power to capture the information from human brains to enable the species to survive beyond planetary extinction. Things begin to go awry, however, and she is forced to go 'on the run' with her crush, student Jason, and a retired policewoman called Mayra.

Truly inventive, this presents some heavy sci-fi concepts in a highly entertaining and accessible way, with the best non-human protagonist I've read in a long time. Excellent read.

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