Toward Eternity

In the not-so-distant future, a new therapy promises to eradicate cancer by replacing the cells with nanites. Nanites are android cells that not only cure those suffering with cancer, but also make patients virtually immortal. The question is, are they really themselves anymore?

Story, Writing & Characters

While the story is science fiction, it is scarily realistic as AI is becoming a major part of the present. Like anything there are ways both good and bad to use AI. In this story it’s being used to get rid of cancer & make someone immortal basically. The writing is beautifully descriptive, Anton Hur has a gift with words. I didn’t dislike a character and in most books there’s always a character or two that I dislike as well as characters I do like. My favorite parts to read were Yonghun’s story, the tragic love story AI Yonghun/Panit? Had inhabiting Yonghun’s body. Another favorite part was Delta’s aka Eve D’s story about wanting to be human and not wanting to be a killing machine anymore. The book poses questions to ponder. What does it mean to be human? What ways we can be immortal without literally living forever on this earth? What we do and how we love makes our legacy live on even if we aren’t physically immortal. We also have our various religious opinions on immortality when it comes to the soul. My belief is the Catholic belief. We won’t be immortal on earth, but we do live on in eternity whether it’s in Heaven or Hell.

Overall

Although I’m not a huge sci-fi fan, I am glad I read this one & I enjoyed it a lot. If you’re into sci-fi about AI or are looking for something different to read, I would check this one out! Thank you for writing an interesting novel, Anton Hur. I would love to do a Q&A with you in the future.