Solip:System by Walter Jon Williams

Author:Walter Jon Williams [Williams, Walter Jon]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction, war, spy, roon, space, sequel, solipsystem, reno, intrigue, altered consciousness, cyberpunk, sex, novella, hardwired, walter jon williams, C429, Kat, Extratorrents
Publisher: Walter Jon Williams
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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The ghost brother’s voice sounds as if it’s drowning in a tank of liquid glass, transformed but ringing with clarity. Little inflection is left, little to indicate personality. Little that is human.

“The transfer railed. The clone wouldn’t take the program and went into seizure instead.”

“I’m sorry. I will order another clone prepared.”

“That’s already been done. I suspect it won’t work.”

Reno is surprised. “Why not?”

“I believe our original program was damaged in transfer to the tank. It was done under emergency circumstances, when we were trapped by the fire, and it may not have all come across.”

Reno gazes into the black velvet coldness beyond his window. “Why did Black Mind work for me, then?” he asked.

“Because Black Mind wrote over a mind already inhabited by a personality. Roon’s personality was already there to fill the gaps in the program.”

A tremor runs along Reno’s nerves. “I’ve wondered about some things,” he says. “How easily I’ve got along here. How I’ve always seemed to know what to do.” He casts a glance toward the door that leads to his private apartments, where Mercedes had been only a few hours before. “Some feelings I’ve had,” he says, “that I didn’t have before.”

“That’s not unusual with mind transfer. Personality change is a hazard.”

“I’ll get you into a body,” Reno says. “I have a plan.”

“Don’t rush things. I can wait.”

“Perhaps not.”

There is a short pause. “What did you mean by that?”

“We’ve talked too long on this channel. I’ll send a coded package with the next messenger.” Reno switches off.

He looks toward the door to his apartments and thinks of Mercedes. Now he knows why he wants a woman who isn’t his type.

Roon is living inside him, in the gaps between his own program.

And Roon is mad.

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