History Literature / Simulacrum

Torment''

->''Light and shadow\\
Holy and hell''

->''The inevitable fate of the Universe\\

''[[http://gamesoftranscendi.wordpress.com/ Simulacrum: A Post-Singularity Story]]'' is a science fiction/fantasy story of post-human transformation. It revolves around the Games, which are entire simulated universe in which players can play in in order to practice [[TrainingFromHell self improvement]] by unlocking the full power of their [[BrainUploading brain cores]]. [[OhCrap Bad things often happen]] and with surprising alarmity, but it all turns out well in the end.

!!A short list of Tropes in this work.
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* AxCrazy: All protagonists sometimes. [[spoiler: Though especially Armatia.]]
* BrainUploading: Each protagonist does this, it is a prerequisite to self improvement as brain cores have so many advantages. [[spoiler: Souls do not exist in this universe, though even if it did that would not have stopped them.]]
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: [[spoiler: Only if a failed modification does not destroy them outright. All it takes is a restore to a previous save point done by the other selves to undo it.]]
* InsideAComputerSystem: True reality does exist. [[spoiler: Though sometimes the characters have difficulty telling them apart to disastrous consequences. There is nothing the Transcendi cannot fix however.]]
* TheSingularity: It takes place in directly the post-Singularity though for mundane people, it seems like it does not. [[spoiler: That illusion of normality quickly falls apart once the true capacity of the brain cores is comprehended.]] This work is not about mundane people looking at the Singularity from the outside.
* TrainingFromHell: [[spoiler: Necromutation is Transcendence.]]
* {{Transhuman}}: Subverted. The Inspired (and especially the Transcendi) are true post-humans.
* ValuesDissonance: The entire work is based on this trope. It very much challenges the reader's openess of mind. [[spoiler: There is a reason the Inspired call self improvement necromancy.]]

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: [[spoiler: Only if a failed modification does not destroy them outright. All it takes is a restore to a previous save point done by the other selves to undo it.]]
* ValuesDissonance: The entire work is based on this trope. It very much challenges the reader's openess of mind. [[spoiler: There is a reason the Inspired call self improvement necromancy.]]
* BrainUploading: Each protagonist does this, it is a prerequisite to self improvement as brain cores have so many advantages. [[spoiler: Souls do not exist in this universe, though even if it did that would not have stopped them.]]
* AxCrazy: All protagonists sometimes. [[spoiler: Though especially Armatia.]]
* TrainingFromHell: [[spoiler: Necromutation is Transcendence.]]
* InsideAComputerSystem: True reality does exist. [[spoiler: Though sometimes the characters have difficulty telling them apart to disastrous consequences. There is nothing the Transcendi cannot fix however.]]

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: ScienceInGenreOnly. The way nanotechnology works in this story is nearly miraculous. [[spoiler: And the Transcendi do learn how to hack the universe eventually.]]

A fun and a heartwarming work when seen from a certain, very small angle.

''[[http://gamesoftranscendi.wordpress.com/ Simulacrum]]'' is a science fiction/fantasy story of post-human transformation. It revolves around the Games, which are entire simulated universe in which players can play in in order to practice [[TrainingFromHell self improvement]] by unlocking the full power of their [[BrainUploading brain cores]]. [[OhCrap Bad things often happen]] and with surprising alarmity, but it all turns out well in the end.