Published: Nov. 15, 2011
Words: 4,722 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781466178687

Short description

Meet Gregory, an artificial intelligence unlike anything the world’s ever seen before. His impact onto society has been significant: by analyzing the answers given to just 12 questions, he'll tell you how you will die. When Ryan Downs gets a prediction like no other, he learns shadow groups exist solely to find out just how Paradox and Gregory’s other fantastical predictions will come to pass.

Extended description

Meet Gregory, an artificial intelligence unlike anything the world’s ever seen before. His impact onto society has been significant: by analyzing the answers given to just 12 questions, he will tell you how you will die. When Ryan Downs gets a death prediction like no other, he learns entire shadow groups exist solely to find out just how Paradox and Gregory’s other fantastical predictions will come to pass.

Tags

death, science, causality, time travel, experiment, prediction, machine of death

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Reviews

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Review by: Kurt McFry on May 08, 2012 :
I liked it, it was very well-written, but I guessed the ending pretty quickly, which meant plot holes were really obvious to me when it came about. I feel it would probably have worked better if it was in a longer work, with more meandering so it had less of a deus ex machina feel.

Still, his style was good and I'm definitely going to look into As Darkness Ends and any other writing he does soon.
(reviewed within a week of purchase)

Review by: Thalia Duiv on May 05, 2012 :
A well written short story with a great set-up and story idea. It would be a great premise for a longer piece. Engaging, intriguing and well done.
(reviewed the day of purchase)

Review by: John Gaukel on Jan. 02, 2012 :
I liked it. At first, I thought I knew where it was going, and was prepared to stop... but I couldn't. I'm prepared to read more of his writing.
(review of free book)

Review by: Lelanthran Krishna Manickum on Nov. 16, 2011 :
While the setup was excellent, I felt it was a bit of a Deus Ex Machina ending. 3/5 stars for keeping me engaged, it would have been 4/5 if there was no Deus Ex Machina and 5/5 if not so many hints were given in the middle.

If you aren't especially OCD about details all fitting in, you'll probably enjoy this much more than I did, so try it.
(review of free book)

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