Finished copy gifted by the publisher
4.25/5

A new nanotechnology emerges in the near future that replaces human cells with android cells, rending the recipient immortal. How will these new "humans" change the trajectory of humanity? How will we carry our history into the future when technology increasingly replaces our "natural" bodies?

I really loved the intersection of poetry and consciousness, in which Hur asks if reading literature is so powerful that one's existence can be redefined and whether "reading into being" is the ultimate answer to how consciousness arises. As a huge nerd who's thought about how consciousness evolves—especially in relation to AI—Hur brilliantly blends science and literature without being overly academic on either end of the spectrum (even though I'm always down for hardcore sci-fi