Convergence Problems

Convergence Problems by Wole Talabi

The "smooth voice" of the narrator for this audiobook made it difficult to follow. While I was lost on the longer stories, some of the shorter ones were quite intriguing. There are a number of explorations of artificial intelligence and convergence into human thought. In one story, computers start to create "art" in their way. This may result in things such as stock markets going briefly wild. In another story, work is done to control human thought through complex understanding and manipulation of stimuli. In another story, somebody signs up to be a guinea pig for various painful experiments. Then there were some other stories that just lost me.

One of my favorite parts of science fiction story collections is the "about these stories" that the author provides at the end. This one does not disappoint. The author discusses the stories and provides some of his background. He is a Nigerian engineer who writes science fiction. His background and experience tie in to some of the works that he creates.