The Hampdenshire Wonder
€14.50
Product Information
| ISBN | 9780262551410 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J. D. Beresford, Ted Chiang |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.264 |
| Publishing Date | 04/03/2025 |
| Price (excl. tax) | €13.68 |
| Tax | €0.82 |
| Price (incl. tax) | €14.50 |
| Availability | 3 units in external warehouse |
Product Description
In this pioneering science-fictional treatment of superhuman intelligence, a mutant wonder childs insights prove devastating.
Science fiction luminary Ted Chiang introduces The Hampdenshire Wonder, one of the genres first treatments of superhuman intelligence. Victor Stott is a large-headed supernormal mutated in the womb by his parents desire to have a child born without habits. Known as the Wonder, Victor surveys humankinds science, philosophy, history, literature, religionthe best that has been thought and saidand dismisses it brutally: So elementary . . . inchoate . . . a disjunctive patchwork. Rejecting the interposing and utterly false concepts of space and time, the Wonder claims that life itself is merely a disease of the ether. Unable to deal with the childs disenchanting insights, his adult interlocutors seek to silence him . . . perhaps permanently.