عنوان

The two faces of tomorrow /

(Number (ISBN

1593075634

(Number (ISBN

9781593075637

Number

b727489

Title Proper

The two faces of tomorrow /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

story by James P. Hogan ; art and adaptation by Yukinobu Hoshino ; translation, Frederik L. Schodt and Toren Smith ; lettering and retouch, Tomoko Saito.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Milwaukie, OR :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Dark Horse Manga,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2006.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

572 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

26 cm

Text of Note

An adaptation of the novel by James P. Hogan, which was originally published in 1979. This volume collects issues one through thirteen of the Dark Horse comic book series, which was published 1997-1998.

Text of Note

Prologue -- Stop net functions? -- Mobilization -- "Instinct," then "common sense" -- Battle plan -- Pulling the plug -- Evolution -- A bridge to power -- A failure of strategy -- Drone vs. drone -- Dropout -- Battle's end? -- "Casualty report: fifty-seven dead ..." -- Emergency red -- G-mmu -- Last chance? -- To Detroit -- The assault -- The final obstacle -- Breakup -- The limit? -- Strategy -- Reconciliation -- The wonderful face of tomorrow -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Space Colony Janus diagram.

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Text of Note

Midway through the Twenty-first century, an integrated global computer network manages much of the world's affairs. A proposed major software upgrade -- an artificial intelligence -- will give the system an unprecedented degree of independent decision-making power, but serious questions are raised in regard to how much control can safely be given to a non-human intelligence. In order to more fully assess the system, a new space-station habitat -- a world in miniature -- is developed for deployment of the fully operational system, named Spartacus. This mini-world can then be "attacked" in a series of escalating tests to assess the system's responses and capabilities. If Spartacus gets out of hand, the system can be shut down and the station destroyed ... unless Spartacus decides to take matters into its own hands and take the fight to Earth.

Artificial intelligence, Comic books, strips, etc.

Computers, Comic books, strips, etc.

Fifth generation computers, Comic books, strips, etc.

Artificial intelligence.

Computers.

Fifth generation computers.

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Hoshino, Yukinobu.

Hogan, James P.

Date of Transaction

20201214001343.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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