Singularity's Ring
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Singularity's Ring is a science fiction
novel by Paul Melko
. The story is set in a future after a singularity
event, which caused the bulk of humanity to disappear. The focus of this event was a huge space station
which rings the Earth
, and which remains uninhabited after the singularity. Humans who remained on Earth have maintained an industrial technological base, and are working to re-enter space. The majority of humans are now genetically engineered to form pods, groups of 2 to 5 individuals with the ability to form an emergent personality from those individuals.
The story follows a young pod named Apollo Papadopulos who is training to become the captain of a new starship which is to be launched soon. Apollo Papadopulos is composed of five teenagers, Strom, Meda, Quant, Manuel and Moira. The story moves between the points of view of each of these individuals, and that of Apollo Papadopulos itself.
The novel was awarded the Compton Crook Award
award for 2009 by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc as well as the Locus Award for Best First Novel
in the same year.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novel by Paul Melko
Paul Melko
Paul Melko is an American science fiction writer whose work has appeared in Realms of Fantasy, Asimov's Science Fiction, Strange Horizons, and Live Without a Net....
. The story is set in a future after a singularity
Technological singularity
Technological singularity refers to the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than-human intelligence through technological means. Since the capabilities of such an intelligence would be difficult for an unaided human mind to comprehend, the occurrence of a technological singularity is seen as...
event, which caused the bulk of humanity to disappear. The focus of this event was a huge space station
Space station
A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew which is designed to remain in space for an extended period of time, and to which other spacecraft can dock. A space station is distinguished from other spacecraft used for human spaceflight by its lack of major propulsion or landing...
which rings the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
, and which remains uninhabited after the singularity. Humans who remained on Earth have maintained an industrial technological base, and are working to re-enter space. The majority of humans are now genetically engineered to form pods, groups of 2 to 5 individuals with the ability to form an emergent personality from those individuals.
The story follows a young pod named Apollo Papadopulos who is training to become the captain of a new starship which is to be launched soon. Apollo Papadopulos is composed of five teenagers, Strom, Meda, Quant, Manuel and Moira. The story moves between the points of view of each of these individuals, and that of Apollo Papadopulos itself.
The novel was awarded the Compton Crook Award
Compton Crook Award
The Compton Crook Award is presented to the best first novel of the year in the field of Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror by the members of the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc, at their annual Baltimore-area science fiction convention, Balticon, held on Memorial Day weekend in the...
award for 2009 by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society, Inc as well as the Locus Award for Best First Novel
Locus Award for Best First Novel
Winners of the Locus Award for Best First Novel, awarded by the Locus magazine. Awards presented in a given year are for works published in the previous calendar year....
in the same year.
Publication history
- 2008, United States, Tor Books ISBN 9780765317773, Pub date February 2008, Hardcover
- 2009, United States, Tor Science Fiction ISBN 9780765357021, Pub date April 2008, Paperback
External links
- Review by Greg L. Johnson
- Review by Gwyneth JonesGwyneth JonesGwyneth Jones may refer to:* Gwyneth Jones , Welsh soprano* Gwyneth Jones , British science fiction novelist...
- Review by Ryun Patterson
- Review by Max Falkowitz
- Review by Mary Fitzpatrick
- Review by Harriet Klausner
- Review by Richard Gingell
- Review by Publishers Weekly
- Brief Synopsis and publication inforation in Locus' list of new books for February 2008
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