I saw The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler in Barnes and Noble and grabbed it on a whim, the cover art was nice and the synopsis was intriguing.
Without spoiling, I loved this book. Nayler's near-future is believable, rich and detailed. His takes on artificial intelligence, non-human intelligence and trans-human intelligence and the growing pains we as a species will experience as all of these things intersect are nuanced and varied. There is an extended sub-plot in the book that specifically addresses the idea of human labor being cheaper than robotics and how that fact plays out in economic systems where decisions made by machines are brutally enforced by humans, on humans.
Big fan overall, and it sparked a fresh love of physical books in me.
I would suggest this as good beach reading for any sci fi fans.
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