#darwinia

Streaming (finishing?) Darwinia!

Darwinia - Robert Charles Wilson

Read: Aug 2024

I picked this up on a whim at the used book store and I'm really glad I did. This was nothing that I expected based on the blurb haha. This is a deep and wild science fiction novel. I can't say I thought it was sci-fi at first, but as I got down to reading it I caught on that it was. But wow, was it in a way I never ever expected. Wilson weaves a incredible tapestry of sci-fi story here and when the twist reveal comes I truly did not expect it. In fact the first hint of it flew completely over my head and only in hindsight did I know what I had read. This made the reading experience very enjoyable.

I also really enjoyed the complexity of the ideas. I had to think more to understand what was being presented and that made me happy. As I was typing this I thought "is this what zoologists call enrichment?" Like pretty sure the answer is yes. Anyways I found this book enriching.

'Darwinia 10000th Anniversary Edition' Remasters Indie Strategy Classic

2005. Unless you're a time traveler, that was a really long time ago. A lot has changed since then, and technology is no exception. What I'm getting at is that as video games age, sometimes, a fresh coat of paint is in order - which is exactly what Darwinia got, in the form of Darwinia 10000th Anniversary Edition. That and a slew of technical improvements. Perhaps the latter more than the former, but you know what they say about messing with perfection.