The Cosmology

  • Title: The Cosmology
  • Genre: Science Fiction
  • Length: 951
  • Written: September, 2005
  • Published: Another Realm, November, 2007


    • Excerpt:
    In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.

    On the time scale of the universe, it took almost no time at all for mankind to be born. His star was only second generation, and he emerged while his star was still young and healthy. He formed civilizations, and built temples and cathedrals to worship his God. Time passed, and humanity built machines to assist with tasks physical, and later, tasks intellectual. He learned to unleash the primal forces, and used those forces against himself.



    Discussion
    This is one of three closely related stories (the others being "The Problem with Immortality" and "One Way Trip").

    In this story, Humanity is the POV character, sort of a collective consciousness. It plays on the concept of an Anthropic universe. The universe is because we are.



    (c) 2005-2007 by Rick Novy

    Last update: 24 March 2007