Reddit reviews The Transhumanist Wager

I feel rather conflicted about Zoltan Istvan. One one hand his book's reviews on amazon make him sound like an awful writer (due to problems and facts which could've been eliminated with the help of an editor) with admiration towards Randian Objectivism.

On the other hand his bio on that website and wikipedia make it seem possible that to some degree he is as unabashedly awesome as his characters. That book, or potential future novels, have the potential to attract a cult following for transhumanism and its ideals. If he ever makes a comment about wishing the future and the events of his story to be similar...he would rightly and deservedly be called a delusional madman.
As much as I support transhumanism and the progression of science, I would not support the political advance of someone that wrote such a hateful work. I want to buy his book to discover if I am actually way off-base with my accusations towards him and his work, but the thought of financially supporting that man... terrifies me.

Thanks Gustavdman, I hope you enjoy it if you get around to reading it. Cheers, Zoltan Istvan
http://www.amazon.com/The-Transhumanist-Wager-ebook/dp/B00AQQSY60/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1368569674&sr=8-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+wager

Wonderful - this had me thinking about your book, The Transhumanist Wager. I finally started it after talking to you a year or so ago. I'm not that far in yet, but am enjoying it.

Cheers.

From your Amazon link:

> About the Author

> At the age of 21, American-Hungarian Zoltan Istvan began a solo, multi-year sailing journey around the world. His main cargo was 500 handpicked books, mostly classics. He's explored over 100 countries—many as a journalist for the National Geographic Channel—writing, filming, and appearing in dozens of television stories, articles, and webcasts. His work has also been featured by The New York Times Syndicate, Outside, San Francisco Chronicle, BBC Radio, NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, Animal Planet, and the Travel Channel. In addition to his award-winning coverage of the war in Kashmir, he gained worldwide attention for pioneering and popularizing the extreme sport of volcano boarding. Zoltan later became a director for the international conservation group WildAid, leading armed patrol units to stop the billion-dollar illegal wildlife trade in Southeast Asia. Back in America, he started various successful businesses, from real estate development to filmmaking to viticulture, joining them under ZI Ventures. He is a philosophy and religious studies graduate of Columbia University and resides in San Francisco with his daughter and physician wife. Zoltan recently published The Transhumanist Wager, a visionary novel describing apatheist Jethro Knights and his unwavering quest for immortality via science and technology.

Well. You sound mildly interesting...

The Transhumanist Wager

I'm almost done with it and I love it. Great novel. Get it now!

Hi, You can read the first 10% or so for free to see if you like it from this Amazon link. There's both a paperback and Kindle version.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Transhumanist-Wager-ebook/dp/B00AQQSY60/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1382043084&sr=8-1&keywords=the+transhumanist+wager

IM SURPRISED and somewhat DISMAYED that nobody brought up the topic of The Singularity. Not only is it a FRESH TROPE to pull from but its underlying basis has a very real and profound connection to our objective reality. Therefore, the barrier between suspension of disbelief is a lot thinner. That makes for not only more compelling storylines, but also a subconcious moral compass for the general population to reflect on when it comes to our relationship with technology and its apparent coevolution with humanity.


Everybody needs to face their Transhumanist Wager .


Christopher Nolan's 2014 Science Fiction Film "Transcendence"will discuss this topic.


Google up.

It's not 100% what you want but I'm reading a book at the moment called the transhumanist wager. It deals with the philosophy and ethics of mind/consciousness upload and combining humans with machines.

Just a warning - I found the first 2-3 pages very poorly written and I almost stopped reading but bizarrely after that the writing improved dramatically and it's actually very well written after that point and gets very interesting. Heavily focussed on the philosophy but also has great action scenes scattered throughout.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00AQQSY60

I feel like The Transhumanist Wager by Zoltan Istvan qualifies. It starts out as "one man against the world" and builds to a "colony fighting for their right to survive".

The Transhumanist Wager is what OP wants to read;

https://www.amazon.com/Transhumanist-Wager-Zoltan-Istvan-ebook/dp/B00AQQSY60#nav-subnav

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Transhumanist_Wager