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A tightly wound caseworker is pushed out of his comfort zone when he’s sent to observe a remote orphanage for magical children. Sometimes hitting a pothole is unavoidable, if you find your car damaged by an uneven road surface try following our advice on how to claim for pothole damage. Park somewhere safe There are plenty of nocturnal animals that are more likely to run out in front of you at night. It’s important to stay alert for any foxes, deer or cats that might suddenly appear and follow our advice on how to drive safely if there are animals on the road. The Speed of Dark is an eloquently written examination of the internal life of an autistic man, as he considers whether or not to try an experimental cure for his condition. It is told from the first person point of view of Lou Arrendale, and his voice is so strong and unique that I found myself becoming personally involved in his dilemma. I didn't want to loose his voice, or any of his uniqueness. Through the window of Lou's experience, the novel examines the consequences of the medicalization of human difference and the increasing ability of modern medicine to treat or cure neurological and psychiatric conditions.
As the father of a boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, I spent a fair amount of time reminding myself that Lou’s experiences aren’t meant to be a universal representation of autism. Lou works with other autistics, doing pattern-analysis for a large corporation, and Moon does a very good job of showing Lou and the other characters as individuals. Autism is a significant part of who they are, but it doesn’t define them. Empty space does not contain material or information, therefore, it is massless. “Since nothing is just empty space or vacuum, it can expand faster than light speed since no material object is breaking the light barrier,” said theoretical astrophysicist Michio Kaku from Big Think. “Therefore, empty space can certainly expand faster than light.” When I see it I point it out, the quote above makes the unfortunate and regrettable mistake of labelling applied mathematics as not "real scientific work".
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What does it mean to be normal? This book explores this concept much more than it tells a sci-fi story. Most of the novel is told in the first person from Lou’s perspective (with the occasional switch to a few secondary characters where Lou is not privy to what is going on in his absence). This is the first book I have ever read that take me inside the head of an autistic person. The very clever first person narrative of Lou is fascinating in and of itself. Lou’s stilted use of language is very formal, polite and precise. Here is an example: There are some standard evil players in the game, the manager who puts profits before people and the doctor who projects their presumptions onto their patients are two early examples. But certain entities have been found to reach faster-than-light, or superluminal speeds, while still maintaining validity to Einstein’s theory of special relativity. This is possible because it turns out that particles of light are not the only massless entities that exist in the universe. Shadows
A second good answer is that Lou’s mental processes are quite typical. She gives us the books of Temple Grandin as a reference, and those look quite interesting on their own. Technically it’s not driving, but there are steps you should take when parking your car in the dark, or half an hour before sunset and half an hour after sunrise. I have read a lot from this author, she never disappoints, so I bought this book knowing nothing about it except the author and that I had not yet read it. Even if wormholes did exist, before anything could travel through them, something would have to keep them open. That “something” is what scientists call exotic material. Amazingly, this exotic material can exist according to the laws of quantum physics, and has even been created in physics laboratories — just in very small amounts.
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Darkness can’t possibly be faster or slower than light, since darkness possesses no physical properties of its own.
The Speed of Dark is often compared to the classic Flowers for Algernon as both books deal with improvement of the brain through neuroscience. Both books are also poignant, brimming with compassion and tug at the heartstrings. Don’t worry about having your heart broken by the author though, Elizabeth Moon is not Thomas Hardy. Prior to reading this book I knew next to nothing about autism, not having met any autistic person. I can not claim to know a lot about it now as this is a work of fiction but Ms. Moon’s son is autistic so I believe her depiction of autism to be realistic. In any case her portrayal of autistic characters has the feel of verisimilitude. Essentially, physiological functions aside, the human brain exists to analyze and generate patterns.” We’ve already covered the importance of making sure your lights work, but it’s equally important to use your lights properly. If you've never read from an autistic person's perspective, I think there will be plenty of insight here that may take you by surprise. an experimental “cure” for his condition. Now Lou must decide if he should submit to a surgery that may change the way he views the world–and the very essence of who he is."A. Frebel and J. E. Norris, “Near-Field Cosmology with Extremely Metal-Poor Stars,” Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys. 53, 631 (2015).
This book is about Lou Arendale: a person who has been labelled ‘not-normal’, ‘aberrant’ or ‘defective’ based on the way he processes outside stimuli and the way he interacts socially with his peers. More importantly Lou’s narration enables me to feel the gulf between himself and “normal” people. Social nuances or cues are entirely beyond his ken, as are voice intonations and most facial expressions. He is also hopeless with colloquial terms, idioms and metaphors. All the characters in this book are very believable, the autistic characters are particularly vivid and sympathetic. They all seem to have a pure heart, I don’t know if this is true for all “autists” in the real world but the selfish and prejudiced “normals” they come across raises the question of whether normality may be overrated. After all, only a “normal” person would consider hurting someone who has never done them any harm. The climax is rushed and inauthentic. We never actually see the character change, we don't witness the effects as they happen, instead they are lightly explained in choppy montage at the end. Compared to the rest of the book--an internal, step-by-step presentation of a fairly different mind--this sudden, convenient, external ending is disappointing and jarring. Why can't folks learn more about autism rather than trying to wipe it out to the point that all you have are people who are normal when it doesn't exist? The spectrum must expand. Much as sexuality is narrowed in the minds of so many people to only encompass heterosexuality when you have a spectrum that goes from asexuality to bisexuality, normal must be expanded to include other people whose minds do not work the same way because there's really nothing wrong with that! I thought that the story very nearly fell apart at the end, but then it ended ok, I guess, but I did not like the end; I did not like the end much at all, and it also felt kind of rushed. However, it was still a remarkable achievement. I just loved Lou’s voice, so very much! It wasn’t a flawless book and the end was not as good as the majority of the book, but I’m giving it five stars anyway.
Oh man. This book started out incredibly promising. The autistic first-person narrator is believable and authentic, and when an experimental cure for autism is acquired by the company he works for, the ethical ramifications are gripping and frightening. I mean, when people see autism as an illness, something to be cured, then resisting treatment is obvious grounds for firing someone. So I really wanted to see where the writer would take this. Now, light travels at a rough speed of 300,000 kilometers per second in a vacuum (in the absence of a medium). That is, light possesses speed of its own and, therefore, physical properties of its own. Furthermore, we can produce light because light has a source from which it originates. This makes light an independent physical entity. Independent light source (Photo Credit : Wikimedia Commons) I agree that both are excellent and that both deserve the genre awards received, and that we should avoid easy comparisons.
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