They Loved in 2075 A Science Fiction

They Loved in 2075. Science Fiction Novel

2075: Love, romance and human feelings will be almost like love in foreign times. And the reason! Obvious of course. In 2075, and surely by the turn of the century, humans will love and marry machines. When that happens what will become of human emotions, and will morality still have a place in human societies? 

Many believe it is very likely, because in 2075 loving someone might feel like love in foreign times. Humans will be competing with self aware machines on every front. And for machines to be our exact counterparts, they need to express emotions and feelings as we humans do. Therefore, the first battleground will be human emotions and sensitivities that the self aware machines would like to master. 

I still remember the famed movie Minority Report, where the opening scene is a crime scene. An enraged husband attempts to kill his wife and her young lover. 

I will not be surprised when someday my friend tells me that his girlfriend was swept away by a never ageing, smart, very conversant, always happy, self aware robot, and he has no clue how to win her back. Because the self aware robot that looks like and feels like a very dashing human male, is a pro, when it comes to cracking jokes. As if this were not enough, the self aware machine is extremely obedient with no signs of fatigue; mental or physical. It is then and due to these inevitable scenarios that as humans we should engage in discussions on topics like:

• Will love and humans be able to coexist with self aware machines?

• What should be the moral code that self aware machines should follow?

• To what extent should we allow these self aware machines become a part of our lives and living rooms?

• Where should we draw the line between being a human being and a self aware machine?

• How shall we define the trust factor between intelligent machines and humans?

The science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, looks at these aspects with a brilliant plot that revolves around three clans that exist in 2075, when the Earth is dying. And humans are caught in a struggle to retain their domicile instincts e.g. expression of love, human relationships, preservation of society and preventing their only home, The Earth from transforming into a barren land where nothing grows, not even human emotions.

Caught in this seemingly endless existential risk that all humans have been dragged into, in 2075. Hope surfaces in the form of a young boy named Saabir, who is fighting two battles at the same time. That of saving his clan and the StarLight clan from extinction, and loving a beautiful woman, who happens to be a human, but lacks the ability to express love and her true feelings, due to her excessive exposure to technology. 

The Science fiction, They Loved in 2075, traverses through this situational landscape of Saabir. While narrating an engaging story it also makes genuine attempts to highlight important questions that we ought to address now, if we are to survive as a thriving community in 2075. Where loving someone does not feel like love in foreign times.

Google and few other experts in AI and Machine Learning have repeatedly warned about ​​AI’s potential in leading humans to their extinction.

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But does that mean we should not explore AI as a science? I think that will be a wrong and premature decision. AI has tremendous potential when it comes to opening new avenues of scientific research and discoveries. At an advanced stage, AI could be a remarkable inventor as well. As we all noticed during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the help of AI, scientists and doctors were able to produce an effective vaccine within a few months. That is the power of AI.

Without the use of AI, it takes more than a year to study a protein strand. But with the help of AI we have been able to create a complete library of proteins and amino acids. Now that is a meteoric achievement within itself.

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This is AI today. Now imagine how intuitive it will turn all those machines using advanced versions of AI; and what computational capabilities it will possess in 2075? Then it will be less about determining structures of protein, and it will be more about dominating human free will and competing with humans at emotional, mental and physical level. It is at this stage that it gets very worrying.

I know many of you might be already branding me as a technology shy person. Hnnmmm! Well, let me tell you something. I was among the first generation in my family to use a smartphone, powerful computers and a lot more. So I am definitely not technology shy, but I definitely am technology aware and I always refrain from being addicted to it. We all know, addiction in any form is bad. And self aware machines with super fast computational capabilities can be an addiction that will be hard to rid oneself from. 

It is a pleasure that we should feel guilty of. If we let it take control of our lives and human free will. Then we shall be battling a super intelligent and self aware creation, that knows all our weaknesses, our strengths, and beats us always. Wondering why? Because it knows everything about every one of us. No wonder Napoleon once said, “ If I lose a battle. I make sure that I win and kill the rival in the second battle. Because by the time I engage with the same rival in the third battle he would know all my weaknesses.” And AI that lives in our living rooms and is so closely integrated with our day to day lives, knows us better than we know our own selves. And in its highly advanced stage, we shall be rendered defenseless, against a self aware system that learns and gets better with every second. At that stage, do you think humans will stand a chance?

I recently read an article titled, “Humans will love, marry and have sex with robots by 2050.” 

Computerworld reference

When I first read the article, it appeared to be a brave scientific undertaking. But as I finished reading the article, and reposed in the idleness of my mind. I thought like a rational human being. What would it be like when a machine that feels, looks and emotes like my wife? Will I be able to tell the difference? Immediately I realised something. Humans have a soul, and by virtue of our experiences we develop as beings with vivid and complex assortment of emotions and feelings; and when someone tells me, that she loves me, I feel something stir within me. But will I feel the same when a self aware, a stunningly beautiful machine says with perfect and situational aptness, “I love you?” How will I feel and most important of all, what will I feel? And will my wife feel jealous? After all she will be competing with a beautiful female who will never age, and is smarter, tender, and obedient. How will our society evolve at this stage? It is a debate that we all should get involved with today. If in 2075, when we truly love someone, we do not want to feel the agony of experiencing love in foreign times.

Quoting from Computerworld

“So what do researchers need to get robotics to this advanced level?

First, according to Levy, they'll need much more powerful computer hardware that can handle the complex and computational-heavy applications that will be needed to design and run conversational capabilities, along with emotions and more advanced artificial intelligence.”

As of today, I am sure few robots with these capabilities do exist and are being perfected in labs to achieve highest standards of refinement. But for these self aware machines to take over our world at mass scale, it would take a decade or more. So, 2023 is the right time to address important questions surrounding the excessive use of AI and self aware machines. Only then we as humans along with our beautiful virtue; love, can coexist with the self aware machines. Otherwise it will be a battleground where humanity and planet Earth will be the most likely losers. 

The machines can survive in extreme heat and without water, but can we, humans, be able to survive in these circumstances? The science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, addresses these questions with a professional subtlety that I am sure will make you think, not as a reader, but as a responsible reader who cares about human relationships and planet Earth.

Machines have always interested me, and with the advent of intelligent machines, my interest levels have attained a new spike. Which is loftier than the mount everest, and whenever I climb this peak and look at the base, I see humans and intelligent machines engaged in a relentless battle. Where machines are beating us at every stage. For them, life is just a game and an algorithm, but for a human being, life is about so many rhythms: emotions, practicalities, morality, fears, strengths, weaknesses, piety, empathy, greed, need………. Ah the list is endless. However, all these factors form the master algorithm that governs human lives, and I am made to believe based on my experiences, that it manages the workings of the universe as well.

Therefore, replacing this master algorithm with Artificial Intelligence, demands lot of caution and due diligence. Not only on part of those who call themselves titans of technology, but every human being who considers himself/herself to be the resident of the planet Earth. And let us not forget, “Artificial Intelligence” is ARTIFICIAL afterall. So shall we allow it to replace the original and real intelligence?

I shall let you decide and whenever there is a debate on this topic, I promise I will be the first citizen of the Earth to speak on behalf of organic/real intelligence.

Via the science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, I have already cast myself into this debate. Because I believe in humanity, I believe in the magical impact it had on me whenever I called an American client, and he/she addressed me as “son!” I felt deeply touched and it made me realise what made America so great. It was the love of America for humanity, and its pursuit to promote the well-being of all humans. No wonder it is a super power. It had the privilege to stand on the shoulders of the Titans like “Mr. Abraham Lincoln” and see farther than others. 

And never was it so important than as it is today, that we as humans have to look farther into the future if we are to survive as a species. And it shall not be the responsibility of Americans alone, but that of great civilizations like Europe, India, China, UAE and Japan too. Because the real freedom of any individual can always be measured by the amount of responsibility which he/she must assume for his/her own welfare and security. 

And right now it is our collective responsibility to understand how humans will experience love in 2075. And the science fiction novel, They Loved in 2075, navigates through the possibility of men and women falling in love with machines, without knowing they are robots imitating human emotions. Will you still dare to fall in love in 2075 or will you strive to tell the difference between a human lover and a robotic lover?

I will conclude this blog post with a wonderful quotation, “Nothing can be held accountable for both good and bad in your life. It is the way that you choose to handle and accept them.” And if we handle AI-like technologies well, there is nothing that can prevent us from becoming an interstellar species, exploring new planets where life can thrive. But wherever we may go in the future, let us carry our morality and our Gods with us. For they offer hope in times of absolute helplessness and by virtue of being unseen, Gods makes us believe that anything is possible. So let humans tread with the Gods, for without them we shall be reduced to cosmic nomads. The choice rests with us. Let us choose well and love well in 2075. For it would be a wonderful sensation to experience in 2075, when we hear someone say, “They Loved in 2075” and they loved and lived well!

The New York Times Best Sellers

 

The New York Times Best Sellers List!

Most of the authors wish to be on The New York Times best sellers list. But have you ever thought how does The New York Times determine this list; and how authentic is their process to evaluate a book and then decide whether it can be a part of the prestigious club of The New York Times best sellers list? 

There is one undeniable fact when it comes to running an enterprise as large as The New York Times that wants to make some profit and pay its employees a well deserved service remuneration. And this fact is called “Business Secret!” Therefore, one can say that the exact method for compiling the data obtained from the booksellers is classified as a Trade Secret by the Book Review department at The New York Times. By following this approach they ensure the authenticity of the product and eliminate the chances of people rigging the system. At New York Times they appear to be following the Business Secret Protocol with strict adherence, to the extent that The Book Review Department ​​does not  know anything about the News Surveys Department's precise methods. So it would be right to say that The New York Times Best Sellers List is authentic and it is something that the readers can rely on.

Moreover, the list is prepared by the editors of the "News Surveys" Department, not by The New York Times Book Review Department, where it is published. The list is compiled based on weekly sales reports obtained from selected samples of independent and chain bookstores and wholesalers throughout the United States.

Here are some important statistics

Quoting from  an EPJ Data Science study

Methodology: Big Data based

Primary data set: ​​Analyze every New York Times bestselling

Data Range

Date: ​​New York Times bestselling book from 2008 to 2016

Volume : 100,000 new, hardcover print books published each year

Main Data Set	Output ( Volume / Percentage )
Data gathering frequency	Weekly
Data compilation as a set of data in terms of receipt of live data feeds from various book stores to classify that data as a complete data set for a particular week	Monday afternoon
Books that make it to The New York Times best seller list	Less than 500	0.5 percent
Duration	Most of these books appear in the list for not more than a week	26 percent
Minimum sales benchmark	Sell from 1,000 to 10,000 copies per week	Median sales fluctuate between 4,000 and 8,000 in fiction	2,000–6,000 in non-fiction
Annual sales average	Most of these books sell from 10,000 to 100,000 copies in their first year

However, you cannot legally challenge these stats. If a book makes it to the New York Times Best Seller List, it is definitely going to add a tremendous boost to the sales of the book. So, as an author of the book featured in the New York Times list of best selling books, you have every reason to open the cork of a champagne bottle! However, if an author feels that his/her book had fulfilled all sales benchmarks and should have been included in the New York Times Best Sellers List, which for some reason was not included in this coveted list of the best selling books. It is legally impossible to hold The New York Times guilty of this oversight or incorrect assessment ( According to the author of the book that did not get included in the New York Times list of best selling books )  Afterall, the New York Times best sellers list is editorial content, not objective factual content, so the Times reserves the right to exclude books from the list. It explicitly admits, the list is prepared by the EDITORS of the "News Surveys" department, not by The New York Times Book Review department, where it is published. The word “EDITORS,” has a wide ranging legal implication and the editorial content is protected under the constitution of The United States of America.

Protection offered to Editorial Content by the constitution of the USA.

Now, what should you do? Sue The New York Times! That would be like attempting to steal the scent from a rose. And anybody with jurisprudence governing the editorial content, would not get involved in this battle where the rose will always have the legal immunity to retain its scent, no matter how hard one tries to steal it from the rose. The scent is an inherent attribute of the rose. Likewise when it comes to editorial content, it is an opinion, information or expression of one's views, exclusive to that editor or editorial bench, and challenging these views is almost impossible.

However, The books that feature in the best selling list of the New York Times, is prepared with lot of statistical precision, and from what one can make out based on the web resources available on this topic; it is a diligently and painstakingly prepared list, and the teams involved, work very hard to compile this list of best selling books.

New York Times Best Seller List Process

I recently concluded writing, and editing my first sci-fi novel, They Loved in 2075, and it only features on amazon as of now. Seeing it feature in the New York times best seller list, will be like a dream come true. Nevertheless, as a writer, a sense of fulfillment often submerges me and the writer within me. Although the sci-fi novel, They Loved in 2075, has not made it to any best seller list yet. Even on amazon, it is coping with its wee web presence because the search engines have no clue about its existence. So where does this feeling of fulfillment arise from? From a simple fact, “​​There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” And I decided not to live with the agony, rather, just like the true American spirit, of which I am a great admirer. I decided to dare to venture into the sea and not contemplate on the shore where the sea of possibilities is reduced to a beautiful mirage gazing continuously at me. 

I decided to act and write the sci-fi novel. Now just like other writers I am toiling to make it sell. Once it sells, I shall then work on making it sell well, and perhaps then it will be worthy of being a best seller. Till that happens, I shall pursue the rudimentary essentials of promoting the sci-fi novel, They Loved in 2075. Without being misled by the fact that I have until 2075, to achieve this goal.

What is the sci-fi novel, They Loved in 2075 about?

Here is a brief overview.

The sci-fi novel, They Loved In 2075, explores how love, relationships, feelings of empathy and romance will evolve in the midst of our growing interaction with machines, capable of thinking and feeling like humans. In this sci-fi novel, a young boy takes you on an epic journey to find the answer to a very important question that concerns all of us today, "Can love and humans survive together in 2075?" Saabir, a young boy, falls in love in 2075. To know whether he fell in love with a real human or a machine read the sci-fi novel, They Loved In 2075. 

They say, "To get the job of a lifetime, sometimes you have to sell your soul." What if the human soul were to be replaced by artificial intelligence and synthetic feelings in 2075! In that scenario what would translate as SOUL or LOVE? Discover how reality will tend to bend and how new ideas will surface in 2075. The sci-fi novel titled, They Loved In 2075, deals with these scenarios and forces us to think how humanity can reclaim its originality and organic feelings of love and relationships. 

Also, I take this opportunity to congratulate all the authors whose books featured in The New York Times best seller list. As for those who were expecting that their book/s would make it to the list as well, but for some reason it did not. There is always next time, and they are not alone. As writers, whether famous or not so famous, and the ones who consider themselves to be infants compared to the titans of literature, let us not lose heart because all writers eventually write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect! Atleast I do, and it is a munificent feeling. So you might as well.

Cheers to all the authors who had many reasons to open the cork of a champagne bottle, and those who are yet to feature in the list, let us derive our inspiration from Mr. Ernest Hemingway, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

Reference : Wikipedia

PS. These stats are derived from resources available online. And I do not claim their accuracy. That is completely, and exclusively readers' discretion.

A Sci-fi Bestseller!

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The Bestselling Science Fiction Books of All Time

The night was dark, I was gazing at the stars, quite a few twinkling and a lot of them shimmering in that distant sky. While I was engrossed in this imagination, an illusion-like formation that resembled a spaceship appeared to pass by, blocking a patch of starlight sky. And I boarded the ship of imaginations to create a Star Trek like world of my own, and assume the characteristics of my favourite characters from my favourite science fiction books.

• Dune

• Frankenstein

• The Time machine

• The invisible man

For a while I imagined myself as Paul who could be : Atreides, later known as Paul Muad'Dib, and when the popularity of one of the best science fiction novels ever written, gained an unprecedented readership, Paul was assigned the title “The Preacher.” Thus making him Paul the Preacher. I cruised across the unseen zones in the universe, while bearing in mind that the course of my imaginary journey is based on the the plot of the best science fiction series, Dune, where Emperor Shaddam IV is the leader of the entire universe, and is responsible for assigning House Atreides and Duke Leto to take over Arrakis from the brutish Harkonnens. And for a moment I felt I had consumed Melange and now with the multidimensional mental capabilities I could traverse through different parts of the universe and enjoy the effects of the ​​psychedelic drug central to the science fiction novel series, Dune.

Then, as I was possessed by the feeling of accomplishment as Paul The Preacher, I made a modest attempt to understand the pain of Frankenstein. Often referred to as Frankenstein's monster. And to be honest, even a powerful drug like Melange with magical properties could not undo the pain and horrors I experienced as Victor Frankenstein. 

Therefore, to arrive at a more satisfying conclusion on the main point that has now been debated over for very long: “whether science fictions challenge human existence that is governed by high morals, by bringing forth the possibilities, that otherwise remain in the hidden realm? And by exposing them to be now entertained by human thought, it increases the chances of upsetting the long accepted social taboos. Many believe that science fiction novels challenge old conventions and taboos by revealing scientific possibilities which are meant not to be explored.  

Or. In actuality science fiction novels offer an opportunity to human civilization as a whole, to entertain new ideas and indulge in responsible scientific thinking. Where it is possible that even a creation like Frankenstein can feel human, happy, loved; and at last understood. 

As soon as I think about Time Machine by H. G. Wells, while being piloted to different corners of my actively imagining mind, as an Invisible Man, I realised the correct meaning of the famous quote by Ray Bradbury, “Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same again. As soon as you have an idea that changes some small part of the world you are writing science fiction. It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible.”

And as soon as the moonlight covered my face, I deboarded from the imaginary spaceship, where anything was possible. I smiled and, with the thoughts of Ellen Ripley, I thought of the alien, but exceptionally fascinating wonders awaiting to be explored by human beings in the coming decades. With the possibility that at last, we as a race of thinking beings can conceive a unified theory, to better understand the universe and functional aspects of mysterious particles like: God Particle. Now does this possibility break any taboo or upset any conventional belief system that may hurt someone's feelings? I think it does not do any of that. All it pursues is the beauty of new possibilities with a renewed scientific gusto and clarity in perspective.This is the real wonder of the best science fiction books.

Ah! The effect of the psychedelic drug Melange is finally weaning off. So what do I do next? Nothing else, but stay true to the title of the blog: ​​”The Bestselling Science Fiction Books of All Time.” In order to make it more interesting and informative, I will be answering the following questions:

• ​​Which are the bestselling science fiction books of all time?
• Who are the best science fiction authors of all time?
• Who are the best science fiction modern authors?
• Which are the most sold science fiction books?
• Which author has written and published the highest number of sci-fi novels?
• Amazon best sellers science fiction
• New York times science fiction books 

​​The bestselling science fiction books of all time

Sci fi Novel	Author
Dune	Frank Herbert
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams
The Martian	Andy Weir
The Time Machine	H. G. Wells
Frankenstein	Masry Shelley

​​The bestselling science fiction writers of all time

Best Sci-fi novel writers of all time

Isaac Asimov

Clarke

Robert A. Heinlein

Stephen Edwin King

Douglas Adams

Best science fiction modern authors

Best Sci-fi modern authors

Deciding the top, modern writer in sci-fi category is not easy, so I would let the master of sci-fi genre retain that title : Isaac Asimov

Andy Weir

Cixin Liu

Orson Scott Card

‎Adrian Tchaikovsky

Best science fiction and fantasy of 2022

Science fiction authors choice

Best sci-fi books to read in 2022

The most sold science fiction books

Sci fi Novel	Author	Number of copies sold
Dune	Frank Herber	Approx. over 20 million
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Douglas Adams	Approx. over 15 million
Ender’s Game	Orson Scott Card	Approx. over 7 million
The Time Machine	H. G. Wells	Approx. over 7 million
The Martian	Andy Weir	Approx. over 3 million

Which author has written and published the highest number of sci-fi novels 

Author	Number of novels/books
Isaac Asimov	He wrote or edited more than 500 books and hundreds of short stories

Amazon best sellers science fiction

New York Times, science fiction books

Having read science fiction and fantasy books, I felt deeply inspired to write one of my own. But writing science fiction is unlike writing a fantasy, bildungsroman or in any other genre. It demands a thinking pattern that is unlike any other. Where a creative thought cannot afford the luxury of being alienated from logical thinking and scientific realism. Any deviation from these important aspects of science fiction writing would make the reading experience quite drab. 

But there is more to it, because Hard sci-fi novels are based on scientific and provable facts. They're inspired by “hard” organic sciences like physics, chemistry, and astronomy. Whereas, Soft sci-fi novels can afford the liberty of being scientifically inaccurate. However, the scale of this freedom has to be exploited carefully, excessive deviation from the facts would kill the interest of the reader. 

Sci-fi novels like Dune became so popular because they preached the scientific possibilities with an adequate hint of plausibility, that can be entertained via scientific probing, while staying within the allowed and known, scientific  limitations surrounding the virgin scientific ideas proposed by these scientific novels.

It was one of the major hurdles I faced while writing my science fiction novel They loved in 2075. It explains how humans will experience love in 2075. This science fiction novel navigates through the possibility of men and women falling in love with machines, without knowing they are robots imitating human emotions. Will you still dare to fall in love in 2075 or will you strive to tell the difference between a human lover and a robotic lover? 

To know more, please read the sci-fi novel They Loved in 2075.