Recursion
Philip K. Dick Award: Best Novel nominee (2006).
It is the twenty-third century. Herb, a young entrepreneur, returns to
the isolated planet on which he has illegally been trying to build a
city – and finds it destroyed by a swarming nightmare of self-replicating
machinery. Worse, the all-seeing Environment Agency has been watching
him the entire time. His punishment? A nearly hopeless battle in the
farthest reaches of the universe against enemy machines twice as fast,
and twice as deadly, as his own – in the company of a disarmingly
confident AI who may not be exactly what he claims…
Little does
Herb know that this war of machines was set in motion nearly two
hundred years ago – by mankind itself. For it was then that a
not-quite-chance encounter brought a confused young girl and a nearly
omnipotent AI together in one fateful moment that may have changed the
course of humanity forever.
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Tony Ballantyne
Tony Ballantyne is the author of Twisted Metal, Blood and Iron and the Recursion series. He has also written many short stories. Tony grew up in County Durham in the North East of England. He studied Maths at Manchester University before moving to London where he taught Maths and IT. His first SF sale was 'The Sixth VNM' which appeared in Interzone 138. Since then he has had short stories appear in magazines and anthologies worldwide. He has also written romantic fiction and satirical pieces for various magazines such as Private Eye. Recursion, his first novel, was published by Tor UK in 2004. He has been nominated for the BSFA and Philip K. Dick awards. He now lives in Oldham with his wife and two children. His hobbies are playing the piano, accordion and cornet. He also enjoys walking and cycling.
AI Trilogy
AI Trilogy consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
