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Vulcan's Hammer

by Philip K. Dick

Peace under algorithmic rule

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Peace under algorithmic rule

In a postwar world unified under a single government, the Vulcan supercomputer makes major decisions in the name of preserving peace. Its authority raises competing objections: some resent being excluded from political choices, while others view the machine’s role as a challenge to religious belief. As conflict threatens to return, a government functionary attempts to prevent escalation, amid questions about Vulcan’s own agenda. The premise brings together political authority, faith, and the risks of entrusting human affairs to a powerful computer.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in science fiction about artificial intelligence and political power.
  • Readers drawn to stories that explore tensions between technology, religion, and human agency.

Themes

Artificial intelligence and governancePeace and political dissentTechnology and religionHuman agency

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Book overview

After the twentieth century's devastating series of wars, the world's governments banded together into one globe-spanning entity, committed to peace at all costs. Ensuring that peace is the Vulcan supercomputer, responsible for all major decisions. But some people don't like being taken out of the equation. And others resent the idea that the Vulcan is taking the place of God. As the world grows ever closer to all-out war, one functionary frantically tries to prevent it. But the Vulcan computer has its own plans, plans that might not include humanity at all.

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