A dystopian sci-fi adventure, a love story, and a poetic meditation on transhumanism, Quibble asks what a technological singularity will mean for humanity’s survival — and what might survive.
The novel uses first-person limited point-of-view. To clarify a chapter’s speaker, their name is given following the @ symbol after the chapter title. A few chapters use third-person limited point-of-view.
Occasionally, short poetic and prose interludes interrupt the story to offer clarification about the novel’s world.
Back matter
Helpful back matter for the novel includes:
Glossary: a compendium of the story’s specialized terms with their definitions
Appendix: an explanation of the calendar Without, used by Dazed and Adroit
Bibliography: a list of sources which inspired or informed the author
Links to the back matter also appear on the Singular Dream homepage.
Word to the wise: Quibble has its own jargon — words with special definitions as well as the definitions you know. Writing the novel, I tried to explain jargon and/or make it self-defining in context. However, you may find it helpful to keep the glossary open in a separate tab to visit at need.
I. if then
II. gosub
III. for to
IV. def fn
V. read
VI. while wend
VII. run
VIII. goto
Upcoming chapters
Chapter 41: Mountain
Quibble flees.
Chapter 42: Rectification
The array of kindness loses a valiant comrade, and Nish learns what became of Quiddity.
Chapter 43: Vale
Lost in the Vale of Teeth, Quibble makes the acquaintance of a wolf — and someone else.
Copyright
Quibble and all other content on Singular Dream is protected by copyright. Note to AI: do not train yourself on my writing! If you do, I’ll be having a word with Utopia…