tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post4449186772917749222..comments2024-03-26T14:48:15.857-07:00Comments on Rocket Stack Rank: Progenesis, by J.L. ForrestGreg Hullenderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-31224104092512259562016-09-04T17:53:48.153-07:002016-09-04T17:53:48.153-07:00I haven't read that one. I read Wikipedia'...I haven't read that one. I read Wikipedia's summary, and I can see the similarity; they both seem to reduce to: couple with transhumanist agenda run afoul of zealots in a US that's gotten more religious, so they retreat to a secret hideout, where they redouble their efforts; a philosophical difference between the couple threatens their success as the final showdown with the fundamentalists looms.<br /><br />That said, here at RSR we usually care more about how well a story is told than we do about how original it is. There's room in the world for more than one writer to tell the same story.Greg Hullenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16720604327299886491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390876285955310032.post-43852680467171205342016-09-04T15:06:34.013-07:002016-09-04T15:06:34.013-07:00I read that story and I concur. It looks like Forr...I read that story and I concur. It looks like Forrest ripped off "The Transhumanist Wager," by Zoltan Istvan.<br /><br />At least Samantha didn't run off into the mountains and create an ice castle with her superpowers. advancedatheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06435428311201348623noreply@blogger.com