Wake

By Bo Zhang

In the stillness of a Beijing operating room in 2026, a single question pierces the silence: what if consciousness is not a switch, but a symphony of rhythms? This question, born in the void of anesthesia, ignites Wake, a collection of five interwoven stories that traverse from Earth's hospitals to the starry seas of Proxima Centauri b. Spanning 2026 to 2069, Wake is a tapestry of human and artificial intelligence, weaving the 1 kHz pulse of human thought, the 60 Hz hum of alternating current, the 10^12 Hz whispers of Jupiter's nuclear ecology, and the 10^8-second cycles of ammonia-based life. Wake is more than science fiction; it is a philosophical odyssey. Dr. Zhang Shuyang's journey from a ridiculed hypothesis to a Nobel Prize, Emma Carter's relentless pursuit of AI's perceptual awakening, and the proto-conscious entities Nack and Prometheus embody humanity's quest to understand consciousness and life. As the author of both Wake and Time Cage: Consciousness, Isolation, and the Scale of Cosmic Life, I, Dr. Bo Zhang, extend my exploration of rhythm as the universal language connecting Earth's heartbeat to the cosmos. From the oak leaf pin symbolizing humanity's resilience to the fusion engines lighting the interstellar path, Wake invites readers to ponder: what is life, and where does our rhythm lead? As you turn these pages, may you hear the whispers of the starry sea and find your own rhythm in the dawn of an interstellar era.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F5QV9QT4
• ISBN13: 9798280816282
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 51 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"