/lit/ - Literature

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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dark_Ages_of_the_Future/opi8swEACAAJ?hl=en

The City (2028 AD) - A stereotypical city in the near future run on public corruption, white collar crimes, and complex financial engineering to keep the gears of The Machine turning while grinding down anyone who stands out in the name of profit. The citizens of the city, a local musician, and police force who start feeling the effects of this corruption find out the money isn't just making the rich richer and the poor poorer, but it is also being used to fund an even more sinister plot.The Law Of Jealousy (2047 AD) - World War Three has begun and the countries of each continent are united under one, continental government. North America, ruled by the King of North America, has enacted a law which allows anyone to accuse others of causing jealousy - a crime punishable by death for treason due to hurting the efficiency of the nation in a time of war. Infants are also tested at birth for their genetics, and are killed if they are so genetically superior that they will likely cause jealousy to others and hurt the productivity of the nation. Unbeknown to humanity, a fierce, supernatural battle is occurring amongst us between angels and demons - fighting for control of our souls and the fate of humanity. Heaven and Hell (2099 AD) - Explore the scales of a universe constructed like this mind-boggling layout of spacetime and geometry, filled with endless amounts of readily accessible worlds and the beings that inhabit them, leaving everyone wondering what humanity's origins are, what our purpose is, and how the universe is really built.The Music Theory of Everything (2143 AD) - The Republic of Solar System I is governed by elected scientists and engineers who decide to test a new theory with a large-scale experiment of the human consciousness. The experiment is the largest ever carried out using the entire population of the human race in order to test the philosophical implications of quantum mechanics - whether or not our collective consciousness constructs the reality we observe such that a change in our collective consciousness changes our reality. The experiment starts off questionably unethical, and as the experiment has unexpected effects which become more drastic over time, the Republic is constantly faced with deciding what sacrifices should be made in the name of scientific progress in order to finish the experiment they started.A Matter of Light vs. Dark (2251 AD) - Humanity is a Type I Civilization, now sending probes and colonists throughout the Milky Way Galaxy at relativistic speeds in search of planets to live on beyond our solar system. A scientist raises concerns of a new threat to humanity now that we are at peace with ourselves - a threat in the dark matter of the cosmos which composes the majority of the universe and could be harboring enemy beings.