#WritersCoffeeClub 26 Aug: What are good examples of texts written from a non-human point of view?
"Excession" by Iain M. Banks tries to tackle a vastly superintelligent AI as the viewpoint character, as do some of the other Culture novels. And a whole lot of C. J. Cherryh's work goes there—consider "The Pride of Chanur" as an easy way in.
(And my own "Saturn's Children" and "Neptune's Brood" are told by post-human protagonists, long after humanity is extinct.)
Charlie Stross
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