
Second Ending
James White
You wake up from cryogenic sleep in a medical bunker underground. The Earth is dead after the final war, first nuked, then radiated, then burned to a sterile crisp. You're not just the last member of Homo Sapiens Sapiens, you're the last biological life form on the planet, full stop. All you have is a bunch of robots of limited AI capabilities designed to Serve Man, your memories, and a cryogenic chamber that can let you sleep for thousands of years at a time if you want. What do you do?
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- Fantastic
- Year
- 1962
- Genre
- Science Fiction
- Topics
- Post-apocalyptic survivalIsolationArtificial intelligence
Awards
- Hugo Award for Best NovelShortlisted(1962)
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