Ashes of the Singularity is about to get its very own book adaptation with the release of Dawn of the Singularity by Post-Human series author David Simpson. The new book is based in the same universe and setting as Stardock’s recently released real-time strategy game and provides a backstory and context to the events that take place within the title.
Dawn of the Singularity is set in the near future and follows the war between humans who embrace a post-technological Singularity future, in which humans and AI work together as one, and humans who retain a more traditional view of humanity’s future.
According to the synopsis, the technological singularity occurs sometime after the events of Dawn of the Singularity and a long while before the game takes place.
“I’m really excited about this book,” said David Simpson. “With Dawn of the Singularity we can walk the reader through step-by-step one possible scenario that the technological singularity manifests.”
The book itself begins in the near future with the rise of real Artificial Intelligence and the conflict between humans who embrace the technology and those who don’t.
“The book really brings into sharp contrast the assumptions we’ve had for decades on how we thought the future would play out versus how the future will probably actually play out,” said Simpson. “When we watch Sci-Fi shows, we always assume that the future will be human beings flying across the stars in space ships with the computer being little more than a glorified personal assistant. I think it’s becoming more clear to people that AI will be a lot more than something that gives us directions or tells us what the atmospheric content on Rigel IV is.”
The book is currently available for pre-order on Kindle for $4.99. A printed version is also available from Amazon for $12.99. The Kindle version will be available on May 12.
