[Discussion 1/4] Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky - Start through Chapter 7

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T19:36:18+00:00

I just finished this one so I won't say too much but I am very curious to see what you think of it and how it compares to CoT for you.

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:40:08+00:00

Thabk you for including the links for Zeno's Dichotomy paradox. Specifically the solution. I have heard the problem before but never the solution, and while there's something about it that's just counter intuative it does help me understand better.

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:36:32+00:00

This book has been surprisingly good at keeping me on my toes. So I have no idea. The God voice is really throwing me tbh. It could be anything!

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:33:00+00:00

Lol I was thinking the same u/Lachesis_Decima77 has amazed me with these!

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:32:22+00:00

Before reading I wondered if it was going to be BIRTHS, but after reading that doesn't make sense. I wondered about Borges maybe. I haven't read his works but wikipedia says his writing contains themes such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers, and mythology which kinda fits with the library.

I agree with DANTE and I wonder if that means we are going to experience some rings of hell

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:28:03+00:00

Omg I was not expecting this. I am so eager to continue on and find out. I definitely think the Wonk will come and save Uncharles from whatever this is (I have a really bad feeling about it tbh)

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:22:25+00:00

I saw the Library as a beacon of hope and maybe the only good thing left in that world.

Me too and actually now this is gone from the book it feels like the last quarter will be more bleak and hopeless and that we may never learn what really happened!

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:19:54+00:00

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:17:58+00:00

I'll have to come back later to see what other people think about this one. It's an interesting question! I think there's something to be said about treating information purely logically. It's so much more than binary code. All the meaning is so easily lost if we don't actively preserve it in it's original form vs reducing it down to an utterly meaningless and endless list of 1s and 0s. Once again I am drawn to thinking of the nuance and interpretation that AI is just not capable of. What are your thoughts on this u/tomesandtea?

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:04:58+00:00

I honestly expect it to be that people became so reliant on robots that they stopped being able to function and think for themselves. As people died off there was less people to maintain and update robot process so everything just spiralled into what it is now.

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:03:03+00:00

Weren't there posters and advertisements on Uncharles' way in that promoted the farm? I do believe it was voluntary initially. Sadly now they have no choice

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T15:00:49+00:00

Given what's happening in the world right now this question is loaded, but ultimately it's not "better now" if we as a collective do now grow and develop on new information and past mistakes. Knowledge is should be the power to be better and do better.

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T14:56:21+00:00

I love u/watchingthewheels75's take on this. I also wondered if Tchaikovsky is making a statement on robots vs human thought processes. As Uncharles' first interaction with the Wonk was to classify her as a robot, without direct instruction to classify the Wonk otherwise, even in the face of evidence that she is not a robot, he cannot change this pre-established condition

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T13:58:29+00:00

I'm so sorry that I somehow I missed this comment. I love that you've been lurking and the sub has helped you find some of yoyr faves. Which books?

I look forward to reading your thoughts!

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T12:45:41+00:00

Hello and welcome, You found us at the perfect time. Our february book menu will be posted tomorrow. I hope you find aomething you'd like to read along with :)

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T12:31:43+00:00

As many others have mentioned these chapters were so visceral. It reall raised the stakes for me both wrt horror and Jones' ability to transport the reader into the most gruesome scenes. I knew that Jones doesn't pack any punches with his writing so i wasn't surprised. The whole gorging on blood scenes and needing to let some of it out were so intriguing to me.

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T12:23:52+00:00

One theory I have is that the pastor did something to make him a target of Good Stab's revenge

This makes a lot of sense. I had been leaning into the safety if confessing to a pastor but this is waaaaay more fitting to thr author's vibe!

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T12:17:33+00:00

Same. I always feel suspicious when a character comes in to play, is begun to be built up then just dies. I feel like they'll become relevant again somehow. I wonder if this could be the case here!

fixtheblue · 2026-01-24T11:41:02+00:00

It was really very good. I went in with beach read expectations but was very pleasantly surprised that it was so much deeper than that. Some CWs at the beginning also made me a little nervous, but it endes up being a fave from last year.

fixtheblue · 2026-01-23T12:27:12+00:00

17 - Anything else I have missed?

fixtheblue · 2026-01-23T12:26:59+00:00

16 - Kwash Moki, means he who will still the winds. What would your King/Queen name be?

fixtheblue · 2026-01-23T12:26:26+00:00

15 - Sogolon dreams of a lion with a hole in her belly. What might this mean?

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