The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hibernating colonists
en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system
when the ship’s three Organic Mental Cores—disembodied human brains
that control the vessel’s functions—go insane. An emergency skeleton
crew sees only one chance for survival: to create an artificial
consciousness in the Earthling’s primary computer, which could guide
them to their destination . . . or destroy the human race.
Description:
The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hibernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship’s three Organic Mental Cores—disembodied human brains that control the vessel’s functions—go insane. An emergency skeleton crew sees only one chance for survival: to create an artificial consciousness in the Earthling’s primary computer, which could guide them to their destination . . . or destroy the human race.