![]() ![]() He has this idea that our consciousness is on some kind of strange loop that isn’t necessarily restricted to the space within our brains as it spreads out when we interact with other people. That notion comes from some far-out philosophy-of-the-mind ideas by Douglas Hofstadter, who is best known for his early book, Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. You also have body thieves in The Fractal Prince … Also what would we do with stories in a post-human future: could they survive as a kind of currency or some sort of tool that invades peoples’ heads? ![]() ![]() The Quantum Thief was concerned with memory and how our memories shape who we are while The Fractal Prince is very much about stories in terms of how, with our consciousness, we shape the kinds of stories we tell about ourselves and how we spin tales within tales in our heads to keep us alive. There’s an underlying theme of identity that runs through both books. ![]()
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