into the void - alice maz
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science fiction, frontier longing, desire for longevity and combat
(this article contains unmarked spoilers, including ending spoilers, for: void star, a memory called empire, and madoka, plus spoilers for volume one of to the stars) back in 2019, I wrote an essay called "alien intelligences." it's sprawling and overly wordy, and it's about a lot of things, including ai in fiction and reality, early germanic law codes, incompatible models of consciousness, dogs and ants, school and prison. but on the deepest level, it's about freedom slamming into the constraints imposed by regimented society. despite its flaws, it remains my favorite thing I've written,…
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