Review of The Djika Equation
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Review of The Djika Equation
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Djika Equation" by Al Roy.]
The Djika Equation, by Al Roy is a sci-fi fiction novel based majorly on technological themes whilst also exploring other themes like human civilization, power and the nature of humanity. The book delves into the distraction of an empirical society that focuses more on gaining power and exploiting the ‘weak’ rather than leading the society to strive and the rise of a society based on anarchistic principles; the rise of a society where there are no leaders but the power of an individual is paramount.
The book begins with a monologue, in a futuristic setting, of a biotechnical companion, Pal that exists to assist its human; Djika Simple in growing, learning and navigating the complex situations of life. Every individual in the futuristic society is assigned with a Pal after their birth to help their human counterparts. Djika Simple is a young girl that lives in an advanced technological society that works to master zero-point energy, time travel and accessing multiverses, a society governed by what is termed as The Reckoning. The Reckoning is a system of morality that seeks to correct the mistakes of the past and promote balance and individual potential. Simon Simple, Djika’s grandfather is one of the pioneers for anarchy and The Reckoning and stands with the idea of fixing their ancestors’ wrongs to make a better future where everyone can unleash their full potential. The concept of The Reckoning is however, not supported by all and is threatened by The Traditionalists led by Mr. John Christian who is ironically a teacher to Djika Simple. He hides his true intentions through the façade of being a teacher and fitting in to The Reckoning Society only to bide his time to seek control over the universe and hinder the efforts of those who follow The Reckoning. He believes in holding hierarchical power, exploiting the weak, domination and rejecting empathy; typically everything that The Reckoning stands for.
Throughout the story there is search and struggle to get The Origin that is believed to have the key to unlocking the full potential of a person and to be the point where the original universe was created. Both The Traditionalists and The Reckoners center on the access to this Origin. The novel by Al Roy is quite rich in philosophical reflections as well as moral reflections in that; it questions the role of power in humanity, the nature of civilization and the meaning of life and existence. Particularly writings by one of the characters, Jacob Ashok pin point on these very matters. Whilst mirroring the struggles of the modern world in terms of power structure and the role of technology in the society, the story focuses on portraying a message of cooperation rather than dominion in civilization, technology serving humanity and not exploiting it and vice versa.
There are little to no errors in the book, only ‘out of mind’ errors, for example in one of the pages the author when explaining Lisa Ashok’s thoughts of when her husband joked of being able to be left alone to do his writings because he has an extrovert wife is contradicted with the sentence that comes after that which imposes another meaning that the sentence before should have had.
As a deep thinker and deep conversationalist I enjoyed reading the book page to page and word to word. I rate the book a 4 out of 5, and would highly recommend it to the science fiction lovers and conversationalists philosophers.
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The Djika Equation, by Al Roy is a sci-fi fiction novel based majorly on technological themes whilst also exploring other themes like human civilization, power and the nature of humanity. The book delves into the distraction of an empirical society that focuses more on gaining power and exploiting the ‘weak’ rather than leading the society to strive and the rise of a society based on anarchistic principles; the rise of a society where there are no leaders but the power of an individual is paramount.
The book begins with a monologue, in a futuristic setting, of a biotechnical companion, Pal that exists to assist its human; Djika Simple in growing, learning and navigating the complex situations of life. Every individual in the futuristic society is assigned with a Pal after their birth to help their human counterparts. Djika Simple is a young girl that lives in an advanced technological society that works to master zero-point energy, time travel and accessing multiverses, a society governed by what is termed as The Reckoning. The Reckoning is a system of morality that seeks to correct the mistakes of the past and promote balance and individual potential. Simon Simple, Djika’s grandfather is one of the pioneers for anarchy and The Reckoning and stands with the idea of fixing their ancestors’ wrongs to make a better future where everyone can unleash their full potential. The concept of The Reckoning is however, not supported by all and is threatened by The Traditionalists led by Mr. John Christian who is ironically a teacher to Djika Simple. He hides his true intentions through the façade of being a teacher and fitting in to The Reckoning Society only to bide his time to seek control over the universe and hinder the efforts of those who follow The Reckoning. He believes in holding hierarchical power, exploiting the weak, domination and rejecting empathy; typically everything that The Reckoning stands for.
Throughout the story there is search and struggle to get The Origin that is believed to have the key to unlocking the full potential of a person and to be the point where the original universe was created. Both The Traditionalists and The Reckoners center on the access to this Origin. The novel by Al Roy is quite rich in philosophical reflections as well as moral reflections in that; it questions the role of power in humanity, the nature of civilization and the meaning of life and existence. Particularly writings by one of the characters, Jacob Ashok pin point on these very matters. Whilst mirroring the struggles of the modern world in terms of power structure and the role of technology in the society, the story focuses on portraying a message of cooperation rather than dominion in civilization, technology serving humanity and not exploiting it and vice versa.
There are little to no errors in the book, only ‘out of mind’ errors, for example in one of the pages the author when explaining Lisa Ashok’s thoughts of when her husband joked of being able to be left alone to do his writings because he has an extrovert wife is contradicted with the sentence that comes after that which imposes another meaning that the sentence before should have had.
As a deep thinker and deep conversationalist I enjoyed reading the book page to page and word to word. I rate the book a 4 out of 5, and would highly recommend it to the science fiction lovers and conversationalists philosophers.
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