For this week, I read through The Drowned Giant, and the first chunk of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream.
The sort of 'mind experiments' done in these two stories were pretty interesting to me especially the Drowned Giant's take on things.
The Drowned Giant sort of challenges the reader's perspective on the way they view certain creatures and objects in their every-day environment. Despite the fact that something as bizarre as a dead giant washing on shore would be a huge deal, it was only momentarily a huge deal in the story. It's baffling how quickly the thing turns into something that both side-shows and the government picks apart to either sell for money, or to be donated to a museum, or to be possibly used for building supplies.
The other story that had a good sort of mind story was I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream. This story really dealt with the fact that people had a large fear of AI and computer technology, and the inspirations for deadly, self learning AI are really evident in this story, and I can see where characters like Glados and HAL get their scary touches to their dialogue. The biggest mindgame that happens in No Mouth is the changes that AM does to the four inhabitants, and only really giving them things when they need to 'survive' so it can continue torturing them, plus the whole explanation on how/where AM came from as a result of the Cold War turning into World War 3 was very interesting.
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