Permutation City Blog

The sequel to Darwin's Radio mostly following the social change after the appearance of the Shevite sub-species of humanity. A mystical element is introduced that seems unusual given the context. I'd rate this less than the first book.

A book of the past, the future, and many world lines. There was a lot of back and forth with this one, it tried to capture complexity and chaos. Overall it didn't hold together for me.

An ancient virus is re-awakened from humanities DNA. But this virus is part of humanity and a change that has happened before. An interesting idea but feels like it steps outside what is realistic. That's science fiction for you. There's sequel Darwin's Children.

A collection of religious groups settled a planet and built marvelous cites. The cities were programmed according to the scriptures and soon found that mankind was wanting. All were expelled and a thousand years they later still wander the planet looking on at the empty cities. However the cities stripped of purpose are dying.