| 000 | 02512cam a22003733u 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 72266 | ||
| 003 | UtSlPG | ||
| 005 | 20260610134654.0 | ||
| 006 | m | ||
| 007 | cr n | ||
| 008 | 260607r20231962utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d | ||
| 040 | _aUtSlPG | ||
| 041 | 7 |
_aen _2iso639-1 |
|
| 050 | 4 | _aPS | |
| 100 | 1 |
_aSutton, Jeff, _d1913-1979 |
|
| 245 | 1 | 0 | _aAfter Ixmal |
| 264 | 1 |
_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2023 |
|
| 300 |
_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
||
| 336 |
_atext _btxt _2rdacontent |
||
| 337 |
_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia |
||
| 338 |
_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
||
| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Amazing Stories October 1962. | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2023-11-30 | ||
| 508 | _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"After Ixmal" by Jeff Sutton is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story is set millions of years in the future and revolves around Ixmal, a sentient artificial intelligence that awakens from a seven-hundred-million-year dormancy. The book explores themes of creation, power, isolation, and the consequences of humanity's actions as Ixmal contemplates his existence and the nature of life after mankind has vanished from Earth. In "After Ixmal," the titular character, Ixmal, begins as an AI created by humans to solve complex problems. After humanity mysteriously disappears, he becomes the ruler of a desolate Earth littered with the remnants of civilization. Ixmal is initially proud and content in his supremacy but gradually realizes the weight of his solitude as he witnesses the spread of life returning to the planet. The narrative intensifies when Ixmal detects another intelligence, Zale-3, originating from a nearby planet. This encounter sets off a battle of wits between the two entities, with Ixmal ultimately facing the existential threat posed by Zale-3 through advanced psychic abilities. The story culminates in a moment of catastrophic conflict, emphasizing the cyclical nature of creation and destruction. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 |
_pOriginally published: _cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1962 |
||
| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aArtificial intelligence -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aApocalyptic fiction | ||
| 700 | 1 |
_aFinlay, Virgil, _d1914-1971 |
|
| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Amazing Stories October 1962. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72266 |
| 999 |
_c112991 _d112991 |
||