![]() ![]() It's such a massive plot hole that it's impossible to keep the suspension of disbelief. Having quite a few plot holes, the biggest one undoubtedly is a computer of a size of no more than a building, that could simulate the entire universe 100% identical to the external one, starting from the Big Bang, and do so with incredible speed, fast-forwarding 14 billions years of creation in a matter of weeks. #John schoenherr supermind how to#I mean, a good story shouldn't tell the reader how to feel and what to ask, it should *make* them feel it and ask it themselves via the means of narration.īut the biggest disappointment for me personally was the lack of hard science, and solid logic behind the story. These 'deep' dilemmas are spoon-fed to the reader. "Love is the ultimate manifestation of the Universe" - a human would answer. "Would you kill in the name of Love?" the incredibly powerful AI asks a human at some point, as if with it's power it couldn't analyze the entirety of the human history and make a perfect model of human behavior and accurately predict what exactly people can do in the name of love, as well as other feelings such as greed, envy, lust, hunger for power etc. #John schoenherr supermind series#The rest fall so much short of what I expected! The book takes itself very seriously, and has this vibe of sad melancholy raising very 'deep' questions on pretty much every page, revolving around religion, technology augmentation, in a clichéd dystopian society that, as genre demands, depicted in a way that you don't really want to live in, and (oh my goodness please NOOO) human feelings and love, that the AI tries to understand in a series of cheesy dialog. Too bad it all takes around 5% of the book. Accurate scientific descriptions of dying stars and the universe evolution are beautiful and captivating, and the brief stories about scientists in pursuit of extraterrestrial life are also very unusual and exactly what I was looking for. And to some extent you can feel it in his book. Being a John's subscriber on YouTube I decided to give it a go because unlike most sci-fi writers he seems to be really into hard science and cosmology. ![]() Similar artists.I don't really know if it's fair to write a critical review just because I expected something completely different. John Schoenherr has 5 artist signature examples available in our database. askART lists John Schoenherr in 0 of its research Essays. Galleries and art dealers listing works of art by John Schoenherr as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" There are 1Īrtworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers askART's database currently holds 38 auction lots for John Schoenherr (of whichģ1 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)Īrtist artworks for sale and wanted. ![]() Schoenherr had a parallel, equally prominent career as a PresentedĪnnually by the American Library Association the medal honors the best illustrations in a book for young people. (Philomel, 1987 text by Jane Yolen), the story of a father andĭaughter who go looking for owls on a cold winter's night. He won a Caldecott Medal in 1988 for Owl Moon Schoenherr illustrated more than 40 children's titles. His death, in a hospital in Easton, Pa., was from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, his son, Ian, said.Ī highly regarded nature artist, Mr. Half-century produced painterly, exquisitely detailed images ofĬreatures from this world and others, died on April 8. John Schoenherr, a Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator who for a ![]() The following obituary of John Schoenherr was in The New York Times, April 15, 2010. John Schoenherr is known for Illustrator of children's books, science fiction. John Schoenherr (1935 - 2010) was active/lived in New Jersey. ![]()
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