Mary Ann Clark (Bücher)

Mary Ann Clark Bücher

Mary Ann Clark ist eine veröffentlichte Gelehrte und eine Erforscherin der spekulativen Fiktion. Ihre Arbeit befasst sich mit den Komplexitäten von Glauben, Identität und der Natur des Jenseits und fordert oft konventionelle Vorstellungen heraus. Ausgehend von ihrer Expertise in afro-karibischen Religionen schafft Clark Erzählungen, die überraschende Reisen durch die Existenz thematisieren und die tiefgreifenden Verbindungen erforschen, die sich zwischen Individuen bilden. Ihr Schreiben untersucht, was es bedeutet, sich selbst und seinen Zweck auf unerwarteten Pfaden zu entdecken.

The S.A.M.

257 Seiten
9 Lesestunden

In the spring of 2091, 42-year old April Marshall is diagnosed with early-onset non-Alzheimer’s dementia. She and her husband Mark, both academics, are devastated. At the direction of her physician, April puts herself under the direction of Dr. Indresh Patel, a senior researcher in mind/machine interfaces at the Texas A&M Medical Center, Brain Research Center, Houston.Dr. Patel doesn’t offer her much hope until he invites her to become his first patient in an experimental program. By embedding a Sentient Adaptive Matrix (SAM), a form of artificial intelligence, into her brain, he suggests he might be able to supplement her natural mental functioning and maybe even return her cognitive abilities. The matrix consists of a membrane between her skull and her brain with microfilaments connecting it to individual neurons and an external metal appliance that interfaces with the membrane and monitoring equipment.It isn’t until the SAM is installed and activated that April realizes all is not what it seems, and the SAM is more than she expected.