Book tips - Technical novels
Technical Novels
With every turn of the year comes the inevitable thinking about the future. What will our world look like in one, two, ten, a hundred years? Will it be like it is now, with minimal technical advances here and there? Or will technology have changed everything so fundamentally that we would no longer recognize the world? The authors of the books presented this time devote themselves to these questions and dare to conduct a thought experiment on how technology will determine our future. In novels, predictions and thrillers, the authors plunge into strange worlds dominated by data, genetic engineering and robots, and in which humans try with all their might to escape their influence. Let yourself be carried away into technological dystopias. Follow the main characters on their journey through a world that no longer belongs to humanity - and with the help of these books, also look at our present from different perspectives.
" Books are ships that sail the vast seas of time. " -Francis Bacon
Source: E-3 Magazine - March 2019 issue
Eternal life
The journalist Sophia receives a seemingly harmless assignment: she is to write a portrait for the biotechnology company Futuria for the company history. Futuria is respected for its achievements in genetically engineering cures for diseases such as cancer and research in the field of life extension. But the deeper Sophia digs, the more sinister she becomes about the company, whose founder has been missing for several years. She comes across evidence that Futuria has found the genetic key to immortality. But behind the promise of eternal life lies a sinister secret, a large-scale plan being pursued by the company. Sophia must do everything she can to thwart the plan. Because Futuria does not intend to use its knowledge only for the benefit of mankind.
Zero
A murder leads Cynthia Bonsant to the celebrated Internet platform Freemee. The platform collects and analyzes data and promises its millions of users a better life. Only one person warns against Freemee: Zero, an online activist. When Cynthia begins to investigate more closely, she herself becomes the hunted. But in a world full of cameras and smartphones, there's nowhere to hide.
The book of the future
What will the world look like in a hundred years? How will we live? What dangers do we face? Andreas Eschbach thinks ahead to current developments - in climate change and population development as well as in nanotechnology. His news from the future are not freely invented horror scenarios, but a gripping outlook on what really lies ahead for us.
The tyranny of the butterfly
A mission by Sheriff Luther Opoku changes everything. A woman has fallen into a ravine under mysterious circumstances. The investigation leads Luther to a research facility operated by the powerful Nordvisk, a high-tech company in Silicon Valley. Luther gets caught up in the maelstrom of crazy events and soon begins to doubt his sanity.
The optimizers
In 2052, the Federal Republic of Europe has sealed itself off from the rest of the world. Sophisticated robots ensure prosperity and security. Here, all citizens are monitored around the clock by the Agency for Life Counseling. Samson Freitag is a life counselor in the government service, and when he is accused of giving wrong advice, the system does everything to optimize him.
