Galatea 2.2 and Eating Too

Computers don't eat and I don't eat. Psych. But I did forget my lunch today so I was forced to survive with nothing but peanut butter crackers. The horror.

I finished Richard Powers' Galatea 2.2 (1995) and I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. There's a few different reasons why I find it so fascinating.

1. A male author acknowledges his own ignorance on motherhood and parenting MORE THAN ONCE. And in ways that aren't just "As a man, I haven't deigned to consider it."

2. A male protagonist takes on the role of mothering (not fathering), except he is mothering a computer.

3. It deeply considers the question: why do we tell stories?

I suppose I should write an extended analysis on it, but honestly, I'm still processing it. I just wanted to get my immediate thoughts down for now. I know I could write an essay on any of the three statements above, and I will. But for now, I'm going to read more theory.

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