Enhancement, Ned Stephenson
Enhancement, Ned Stephenson
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Enhancement

Author: Ned Stephenson

Narrator: Benjamin Fife

Unabridged: 4 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/14/2023

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Enhancement is a collection of short stories that consider what life would be like if humans drew energy directly from sunlight. Why have we not altered our bodies so we can photosynthesise?How much of life would change if we could do so? Perhaps we would eat less, rest more, reduce our damage to the environment, maybe lives far into our hundreds.An Australian university student starts the world down this path by extracting algae from corals and implanting it into human skin cells.After his success, the technology spreads around the globe until the number of people able to photosynthesise reaches the hundreds of millions, but the proliferation stalls when nations push back, claiming the enhancement is bringing about the end of humanity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie on March 09, 2023

Ned Stephenson’s, Enhancement A collection of short stories, transports the reader into a future primed by genetic manipulation allowing humans to photosynthesise for the promotion of a ‘greener energy saving’ and more sustainable world. The sci -fi concept is made plausible by the author's ability......more

Goodreads review by Keith on July 10, 2022

Thoroughly enjoyed both the writing style and the premise. Reminiscent of the first Foundation novel by Isaac Asimov - starts with the premise of humans that can photosynthesise, then expand in a series of chapters/short stories in chronological order that each explore the premise and the implicatio......more

Goodreads review by Sandhika on June 25, 2023

Ned Stephenson’s Enhancement had me hooked …. and I’m not usually a short story or sci-fi reader. Drawing on the concept of photosynthesising humans and expanding this to a whole realm of exotic possibilities, I was left wondering if the boundary between fiction and science is only a matter of time. A......more

Goodreads review by Sean on March 21, 2022

Really enjoyed the refreshing idea of algae-enhanced humans, from the benefits enjoyed as a direct to result of the "evolutionary change", through to the societal upheaval it may ultimately lead to. Similar to cyberpunk in the way it looks at both sides of the tech-driven coin on the human condition......more

Goodreads review by Clay on April 05, 2023

If you are looking for a journey of consideration Enhancement is solid, whether it be the the conceivable science, the social interactions of the characters, or the contemplation of the moral aspects of the story. Enhancement is 100% worth a read.......more