I was a little hesitant at first with this book because I really don't generally care for anthologies. However, that all disappeared after reading the first two stories. Not only was I fascinated by the author's take on the future, I found they aligned quite well with some things I had written and I was eager to get another perspective on the same thing. It felt like the fleshing out of a realistically coming science fiction world. Towards the end of the book, things get a little more abstract and require you to be able to make that jump with Arwen Elys Dayton. (Don't worry. You can!)
While I suppose I could have run through this book rather quickly, I preferred it read a short story each week or so. It gave me time to really think about the stories. I enjoy that sort of thing. I talked to people about the stories, got their thoughts, and even sparked their interest in reading the book themselves just by discussing the subject matter.
Unlike anything I've read before, "Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful" will make you think about technology, science, the medical field, and how we decide right and wrong.
(The book's description from Goodreads)
For fans of television shows Black Mirror and Westworld, this compelling, mind-bending novel is a twisted look into the future, exploring how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimen and what it means to be human at all.
Set in our world, spanning the near to distant futures, Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is a novel made up of six interconnected stories that ask how far we will go to remake ourselves into the perfect human specimens, and how hard that will push the definition of "human."
This extraordinary work explores the amazing possibilities of genetic manipulation and life extension, as well as the ethical quandaries that will arise with these advances. The results range from the heavenly to the monstrous. Deeply thoughtful, poignant, horrifying, and action-packed, Arwen Elys Dayton's Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful is groundbreaking in both form and substance.