2062: The Year of Transition (Human Obsolescence Book 1)
By Greg Vitrano
This is Vitrano's first book in the Human Obsolescence series and is an unsettling account of the dramatic and unmitigated growth of technology moving forward. 2062 focuses on the year where computer scientists at the upper echelon of society are loved, feared and hated. These scientists are referred to as monsters and blamed for the rise in humanoids who have displaced most traditional and professional jobs. This is a world where people are now genetically designed and humanoids are virtually identical to their human counterparts with one exception, they are much more intelligent. What will happen to humans next, have they created their own demise? Or will they become part of the future? Vitrano has created a world that takes the reader through a series of scary, realistic, probable and finally harrowing emotions.
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MY REVIEW
In the year
2062, the government played a major role in the lives of humans. Robots are
common and known as humanoids. Some were so improved that it was nearly
impossible to detect them as robots. Axel Rudolph was one of the first
genetically designed children, with nanobots implanted at birth. He was the son
of high ranking scientists, making him one of the privileged, and being
exceptionally smart, he was accepted in the most prestigious university. While
there, in his special projects class, Axel and his team are tasked with testing
programming codes for problems. With this more in-depth access, Axel can
finally uncover the true intent of the government’s humanoid program.
I wasn’t so
sure that Axel, or his parents, weren’t robots themselves. I enjoyed not
knowing though, and being left with my suspicions throughout the story. The
Monte Carlo game was fun with an interesting turn of events. I felt all the
sexual innuendos were out of place in the story. On the one hand, Axel would be
working 12 to 16 hours, as brilliant scientists do, but on the other hand, he
had plenty of time to think and act out sexual encounters. Whereas earlier, he
had amusingly depicted human sexual interaction as deplorable, he had no problem
though with his own encounters. I also didn’t like the way the story so abruptly
ended. Otherwise, it was a good story.
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**The above opinions are 100% my own, whether I purchased the book or it was given to me to review.
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