My Reason for Starting Cybernetic Dreams

Welcome to Cybernetic Dreams, my second blog.


My favorite type of science fiction is stories about robots, androids and cyborgs, and I want to write novels that feature such characters. I haven’t done much research on these topics yet. I haven’t had the right motivation for looking up on artificial intelligence and cybernetic implants (and generally robotics), other than wanting to write science fiction.

I am extremely fascinated with these topics and would still like to research them to expand my knowledge on my favorite futuristic characters. So I decided to write a blog to capture and gather my thoughts on the research process. I will try to update this blog every four to six weeks. I will mainly be reading some non-fiction books I borrow from libraries, but I’ve also recently bought some anime DVDs featuring cyborg or android characters. There are also science fiction magazines that I read.

I have issues of two different science-fiction magazines: Science Fiction & Fantasy and Asimov’s Science Fiction. There are two really good stories in these magazines that I read and almost brought me to tears. They are such bittersweet, beautiful tales. I had to stop subscribing to Asimov’s Science Fiction because I meant to only sub to one, but I tried out both of them and liked the bi-monthly SF&F better. One day I’d really like to submit a novelette to one of these magazines.

I’ve read the original I, Robot, which is actually the short story, “Little Lost Robot” in the collection of Asimov’s stories titled I, Robot. I also read another of his collection called Robot Dreams. Maybe I should reread them, now that I am at least eight years older than when I read them the first time. I can read them with a sharper fascination, learning and pondering these stories and speculations, so that I can incorporate what I’ve learned into my own writing.