replicator-colonies

Quasi-biological systems deployed to gather and transmit data across interstellar distances, acting as a vast neural network.

1 chapter across 1 book

Spin (2006)Robert Charles Wilson

3. Two of those planets were optically blank, surrounded by

This chapter explores the ongoing scientific efforts to understand the Spin phenomenon through replicator colonies that map nearby stars and detect optically blank planets surrounded by Spin membranes. The narrative reveals the psychological and societal impacts of the Spin, including growing despair, political upheaval, and the erosion of faith in salvation. It ends with a tense personal moment involving Diane's injury amid a backdrop of increasing instability and mysterious silence.