The Singularity's Children - Scion

Information

Status

Hiatus

Year

2021

Author

CWendt

• GRAFT
  Sep 5, 2021
• SCION
  Sep 1, 2021
• HARVEST
  Aug 29, 2021
• FRUIT
  Aug 26, 2021
• POLLINATION
  Aug 23, 2021
• BLOSSOMS
  Aug 20, 2021
• MATURE
  Aug 17, 2021
• JUVENILE
  Aug 16, 2021
• SPROUT
  Aug 27, 2021
• ROOTS
  Aug 16, 2021
• PROPAGATION
  Aug 16, 2021
• SEED
  Aug 27, 2021
• PROLOGUE
  Aug 16, 2021

Reviews

Community Reviews(3)

• 1moreindakitchenRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  [Warning: I'm not a native English speaker, so my review could be off at some points.]
  This is a slice of life story in a world after the downfall.
  If you like sci-fi and slice of life, you'll most likely love this story.
  In contrast to other popular post-apocalyptic settings, this story does not focus on personal survival and the fight against the harsh environment, but on people trying to save the world by technological knowledge. Those high-tech tribes salvaged the technology of the past and are expanding on it. Life in these tribes seems to be similar to what we know today, though more advanced in some aspects and with a strong (maybe even overwhelming) sense of community, but there is a world outside, where famine, diseases, and violence reign.
  Story
  The story is told in a memoir-style and picks a rather random-seeming event in the life of Liam, the protagonist. The story is slow-paced and a real direction is yet missing, but this is often the case with slice-of-life stories until they get traction. To be honest, you read them essentially for other aspects. That said, there is a bunch of wholesome and funny dialogues, glimpses at how technology and agriculture may work in the future, and a view of Liam's struggles with the tribal society.
  Characters
  It is still early in the story and most characters haven't been explored in depth.
  Liam
  In the scenes that interrupt his memoirs, he likes to present himself as an excentric person with some kind of sociophobia. But his interactions with Abi and in the memoir parts, he still appears like a nice person who loves the people close to him. Only the pressure and the demands of the tribal system are driving him away.
  Abi
  Liam's fellow AI and a good counterpart, that sometimes questions him or throws funny comments at him.
  Minnie
  Is a firm old woman that made him open up a bit, at least towards her. She is a driving factor at the start of the events.
  Style
  The story is easy to follow [even for me as German] and to immerse
• AcusiontRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  The Singularity’s Children is written as a memoir – kind of a nonfiction fiction, if that makes sense. It is essentially a retelling of important events in the MC’s life. If this is the kind of book you like, you’ll love the story. If not, through at least the first few chapters, you will feel that it’s a slow read. That doesn’t mean it’s bad (far from it). It just means that if you’re looking for action-packed scenes, lots of explosions, you’re better off looking elsewhere.
  In what I’ve read so far, there’s not a lot of action in the story. This means that the story overall will feel slow. The writing is good, just slower due to the style. There are the occasional grammar mistakes, but they are not detrimental to the story as a whole. The author quickly establishes the voice of the story, and there are bits of AI humor in there as well (which, personally, I’m a sucker for). Most of the humor in the story does lean towards the drier side (which isn’t a bad thing whatsoever, it just may not be everyone’s preference).
  As far as the characters go, they could use some more development. I’m sure more will come in later chapters, but right now there’s about ten or so characters, but most of them are just kind of there. There’s only two characters that really have any development by chapter 5, which isn’t a huge issue in and of itself, but there’s not a lot of development for them so far. It just makes it harder to relate to them.
  As far as the plot goes, it doesn’t really feel like there is one yet. It feels more like it’s following the MC’s life (which goes back to the memoir-style it’s written in; it kind of has a slice-of-life feel to it). Again, this isn’t a big issue itself. Just don’t expect lots of action and fast-paced car chases or anything like that.
  Overall, this is a good story. It won’t be to everyone’s preference, just because it tends to the drier, slower side of things rather than the fast-paced action some may be used to. There does need to be some editin
• Genuine55Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  I really enjoyed this slice of life story.
  Grammar is a bit iffy, and some sentences can be distracting in places. I kinda wish the author had suggestions enabled so I'd be confident errors could be fixed faster.
  The style is a casual first person memoir style. While I don't love the framing device, I can see the ability to stop the "dictation" allows for a bit broader focus than the usual first person story. I suspect the technique will pay off soon.
  Now, I found this story it was only at chapter 4, and I feel like the plot hasn't hardly started yet. That makes it tricky to judge the story. So far we've really only explored the some of the premise and setting; I suspect we haven't gotten more than a hint or two of where the plot's conflict is going to go. Between the title and the plot so far, I think we're going to get a story about an AI awakening. We'll just have to see where that goes, although there's hints that we're going to see a developing romance of some sort.
  Characters have the same problem as the story - it's just so early. The main character is a bit vague still, but the AI is growing on me, as is the feisty old lady™ we've been introduced to. In chapter 4 we've gotten to meet a couple other unique folk, so there's absolutely some potential to go on.
  It's early days yet, but this is definetly a story to watch.