5/21/2023 0 Comments Adrian tchaikovsky dogs of war![]() ![]() The book uses multiple POVs from doctors to lawyers to all kinds of bioforms in order to explore topics such as the role of artificial intelligence in society (there is a history of robotics too), responsibility and guilt, what exactly we humans define as humanity, the ethics of conflict resolution and the manufacturing of sentient biological life. It is also about what the engineers designed him to be and be capable of and what he actually is and is capable of. He is the leader of one of the first few multi-form squads, meaning teams that consist of more than one kind of animal/bioform. He combines canine senses with sentience, human DNA and then also got cybernetically integrated weapons systems. ![]() This book, then, is about Rex, a dog-like bioform engineered for war. ![]() It is also clear that the author doesn't consider animals to be "just animals" but sees them on the same level as humans if not even one above. Only recently I read Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Time and it is clear from these two books that the author has a wonderful sense of bringing the thoughts and feelings of animals (sorry, bioforms) to life. ![]() I finished this late last night (has been a while since I stayed up so late to finish a book) but had to seriously ponder how to write this review. ![]()
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