Obligate Synchrony (Paperback)
Matthew Dyer
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Add to basketSold by Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 12 October 2005
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Add to basketPaperback. Obligate Synchrony is a work of speculative science fiction presented entirely as a recovered archival record of a long-term evolutionary experiment.Within two isolated systems, the same pair of interdependent species are observed over successive generations. Each species produces a single resource essential to the survival of the other. Neither can evolve independence. From identical beginnings, the systems diverge under pressure, mutation, and selection.The narrative unfolds through timestamped logs, statistical summaries, internal reviews, and ethical annotations authored by the experiment's observers. There are no scenes, no dialogue, and no omniscient explanation. Meaning emerges instead from what is recorded, what is abstracted into data, and what quietly disappears from the archive altogether.As environmental conditions destabilize both systems, the observers are forced to confront the consequences of sustained non-intervention. The resulting record becomes not only a chronicle of evolutionary outcomes, but a study of observation itself: its limits, its costs, and the moral weight carried by those who claim neutrality.Blending evolutionary theory, systems analysis, and philosophical inquiry, Obligate Synchrony examines the tension between dominance and cooperation, survivability and dignity, and whether the act of understanding confers responsibility. It is a formally experimental novel for readers drawn to idea-driven speculative fiction, ethical science fiction, and works that challenge the boundary between documentation and narrative. A novel presented as an archival record of a long-term evolutionary experiment. Two interdependent species diverge under pressure, forcing observers to confront the ethical cost of non-intervention. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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In a sealed laboratory, a simple directive was given: Observe.
Experiment 717-Δ was designed to track the long-term evolution of two interdependent species. The rules were absolute: no intervention, no guidance. Let the system reveal its own truths.
What remains is a fragmented, declassified dossier, a triptych of conflicting voices.
Across the records, patterns surface and disappear. Metrics shift. Thresholds are crossed. Some changes are cataloged carefully. Others are absorbed into summary tables or removed from view altogether. The focus remains on the system until the act of observation itself begins to intrude.
Obligate Synchrony is a work of literary speculative fiction. Meaning emerges through accumulation, omission, and contradiction.
For readers drawn to experimental form, ecological speculation, and philosophical science fiction, this novel examines the limits of neutrality, the ethics of watching, and the quiet consequences embedded in institutional language.
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