You know an article out in the back of beyond when they use phrases like Speaking as someone who has written one novella and two screenplays that deal with the Singularity, allow me to say that there's a lot more hoping and hand-waving than study.Some experts such as medical ethicist Grant Gillett believe that the danger is that we might end up producing a psychopath because we don't quite understand the nature of cyborgs.
You've written about the Singularity? In the novella available online?
Stephen King likes to blow off his excess steam after finishing a novel by writing a short story. That's where everything in "Different Seasons" comes from. This particular novellete (I checked - at 8600 words it doesn't qualify as a novella) was leftover from a particularly difficult script. I wrote it out, submitted it to Analog, got rejected and put it in a drawer. I've toyed with putting it up on Kindle Singles. I could also serialize it I suppose.
...so here's the thing. I intend to read thenewgreen's, short story, simply because he wrote it. It isn't something I would read otherwise, but I'm curious and it would be polite to do. "Restaurant at the Start of the Universe" (yes, I went there) has been read by maybe five people, all of whom loved it (but then, don't they always) and one magazine editor who said "great, not for us." It was written mostly because it insisted on being written, not because it has anything to add to discourse. I'm now 500 pages into a novel that's probably going to come in at under 550. I've got five chapters, a prologue and an epilogue left to write and I can do a chapter a day standing on my head. When that's done it's going to people who are eager to read it. So far one person has read the first 200 pages and likes it, but then, she's my wife, she likes all my writing. The novel is pretty good. The short story... not sure. I'm debating putting it up under #shortstory as a serial - at a guess, it'd be three weeks of mondays, wednesdays and fridays. BUT I don't want it to be obligatory. I did Critters Critique for a while. Read a lot of astoundingly terrible sci fi, lots of which went on to be published. I write better than that. They say one of the marks of a professional is the objectivity to evaluate your own work; I write pretty well and I know it. So, with that objectivity, I can say that "Restaurant" is one of those stories that I think is cool that everyone else likely can't be bothered with. So I could put it up. I'm just not sure if I should. It isn't my best work and it isn't my most relatable.
My short story is two things: 1. somewhat ridiculous 2. short. The second thing makes the first thing bearable. As I mentioned, I am no writer but I'd be glad for you to have a gander. You are a writer and as such I can respect your hesitancy to post something you're not 100% sure of. That said, when you finish this novel, I better get to read the bloody thing! Should you decide to post the short-novella, let me know. edit: You going to publish with the pen name kleinbl00?