God-Like Entities From Sci-Fi That Defy Comprehension

Today, we're diving deep into the lore of five of the most enigmatic and powerful beings in science fiction.
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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - The Old One
3:40 - The Transcendence
5:59 - Azathoth
8:23 - The Shrike
10:37 - The Star Maker
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DELPHINE DESCENDS
After her family is killed and her homeworld occupied, young Kathreen Martin is sent to the distant world of Furoris for re-education. She will live the rest of her life as a serf - to be bought and sold as a commodity of the Imperial Network.
When her only chance of escape is ruined, a chance mistaken identity offers her a new life as the orphaned daughter of a First-Citizen Senator and heiress to a vast fortune.
She vows to claw her way into power to sit among the worlds’ elite. Then, with her own hands, she will reap bloody vengeance on them all.
But to beat them, she must play their game. And she must play it better than them all.
BLACK MILK
Prometheus has the chance to bring his wife back from the dead, but doing so will mean the destruction of Earth.
Spanning time, planets and dimensions, Black Milk draws to a climactic point in a post-apocalyptic future, where humanity, stranded with no planet to call home, fights to survive against a post-human digital entity that pursues them through the depths of space.
Five lives separated by aeons are inextricably linked by Prometheus’s actions:
Ystil.3 is an AI unit sent back in time from the distant future to investigate Prometheus’s discovery...
The mysterious Lydia has devoted her life to finding a planet that the last remaining humans can call home…
Tom Jones (he’s a HUGE fan!) is an AI trapped inside a digital subspace, lost and desperate to find his way back to his beloved in real-time…
Dr Norma Stanwyck is a neuroscientist from 24th Century Earth whose personal choices ripple throughout time...
Prometheus must learn the necessity of death or the entire universe will be swallowed by his grief.
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[@earlwajenberg733]

I propose for the list: The Overmind from Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End," totally incomprehensible in nature and motive, devouring whole inhabited planets routinely. Eru Iluvatar, from the Middle-Earth Legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien, and Maleldil, from the Space Trilogy of C. S. Lewis. Both are simply names (in Elvish and Martian respectively) for the Biblical God.

[@Mestre_Beowulf]

Could you talk about Cosmic Horror in Science Fiction?🎉

[@Yatukih_001]

We have one like this who founded De Code Genetics in Iceland. I think that guy should move to Mt. Olympus in Greece. Thanks for the video man! Best wishes to you from Iceland!

[@bojovic78]

"Shrike's chilling power!" - Yo Shrike, what are you doing ? "CHILLIN'"

[@igorruste1187]

Love what this channel has done for my readibg list

[@njshore2239]

Well done, nicely written and presented. Thanks!

[@clancykelly5508]

Holy crap!!! Someone actually mentioning the outstanding AAAttanasio!!!

[@Annihilator2011]

When I read the title I knew the Shrike would be present. :D Good vid, I enjoyed how you presented the deities.

[@igorruste1187]

What a fantastic depiction of the tree of thorns

[@Schmidtactular]

I would like to suggest Skippy the Magnificent from Craig Alanson's Expeditionary Force series; a super advanced ancient AI whose abilities are so unfathomable that he could have a conversation with every human being with a computer at the exact same time, create multiple micro wormholes, and manipulate space-time in countless different ways. I barely scratched the surface of the awesomeness of Skippy the Magnificent.

[@stevieroach]

Great video! I'm adding Star Maker to my reading backlog. A few more that I would add: the Shadows and Vorlons of Babylon 5; the Arisians and Boskone of the Lensman series (the inspirations behind the Shadows and Vorlons); several entities from the Star Trek universe including the Q, the species of Trelaine, and the Douwd; the Monolith builders of 2001: A Space Odyssey.

[@JOtwell07]

The concept of gods in David Zindell's "A Requiem for Home Sapiens" is interesting as god-like entities which one can aspire to become and then slug it out in a Highlander 'there can be only one' fashion, like matrioshka brains.

[@treefarm3288]

I don't want to run into Azathoth late at night, but now you informed us, I might. How about Dormammu, an evil godlike entity created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in the Dr Strange comic of the 1960s? He scared me. The characters of Hyperion disappointingly never quite confronted the Shrike.

[@epiphoney]

Cool art. Naked God from the Night's Dawn trilogy. There's some kind of god in The Incal graphic novel. Fall of Hyperion has a pretty cool cyberspace god. Anyone that wears the Infinity Gauntlet in Marvel comics, lol. Actually the art makes me think of Eternity from Marvel Comics.

[@tonyhunt768]

How about The Endless from Neil Gaiman's Sandman comic series! Dream, Death, Destruction, Delirium, Despair, Desire, and Destiny?

[@alaindewitt]

How about Dragon from Neal Asher's Agent Cormac series?

[@rachelthompson9324]

In my novel, Book of Answers, there is an intelligent designer but She ain't wrapped to tight. She lost the immortal she made to carry forward human evolution if She can find him.

[@BunkHarvestIII]

God from a book called 'The Bible''s a pretty good one.

[@subraxas]

😀 😀 👍

[@ashokatano7215]

You mean fiction?

[@SolomonAD]

What’s funny is that God from the Bible wouldn’t theoretically scale higher than other fictional characters.

[@jeyfomson6364]

Why don't you say the quran? or the god of islam?

[@BunkHarvestIII]

@@jeyfomson6364 Yeah, Old Ally's not too bad either.

[@ShadowMage]

The Precursors from Halo are definitely god like entities as well.

[@cgautz]

Thanks!

[@Sci-FiOdyssey]

Thanks Chris!

[@JaredJohnsonRocketMan]

I would add the Final Mind in Eon/Eternity by Greg Bear. Some sort of collection of minds that survive and thrive beyond the end of the universe. I would love to say more but I think it would spoil the novels.

[@HannahSegullah]

I’m new here, and I was looking thru your lists, but i don’t see any list for hard sci-fi, and I was wondering if you have a “top 10” or “top 5” or something similar. I’m looking for either standalone or series, but i’d really like to find some of the more ‘hard sci-fi’ type books to read.

[@treefarm3288]

My favourites of contemporary authors are Peter F. Hamilton and Iain Banks. You can see Darryl's Banks collection on his shelf.

[@HannahSegullah]

@@treefarm3288 thank you! I’m not familiar with Banks, but I think I have read something by Hamilton. Maybe. Lol

[@treefarm3288]

You'd know if you've read PF Hamilton, since with a couple of exceptions his books are all in the 1000 page range! ...and two or three volumes in a series. Apart from some YA books, I believe I've read all. Banks died during the teens so there won't be any more from him. He also wrote non-SF.

[@HannahSegullah]

@@treefarm3288 oh thank you for all the information! I did a little looking around, and apparently there is a series called the Commonwealth series that may be a good place to start with Hamilton, and maybe the Culture series for Banks. I’m fond of stand-alones, but if they come with a decent follow-up series, i’m happy to follow along!

[@rodneymckay8860]

Just watched the series Pantheon. I wonder if “uploaded intelligence” would be considered god-like entities

[@8020Alive]

Maybe for that series. However it was ambiguous as to whether the digital minds would merge. The show focuses on Maddie trying to reconnect with her father specifically, suggesting individual identities are preserved. It is the concept of the singularity that suggests a potential point where technology could create a unified intelligence, possibly hinting at some level of connection between uploaded minds.....and perhaps something godlike.

[@JOtwell07]

"A demon sultan at the center of infinity" yep, that counts

[@subraxas]

The four Great Gods of Chaos from Warhammer 40,000: Khorne - The Lord of Rage and Battle Tzeentch - The Architect of Fate Nurgle - The Lord of Decay Slaanesh - The Dark Prince(-ss) of Excess The fifth Great God of Chaos is a renegade/lost God: Malal - The Hierarch of Malice, Anarchy and Terror

[@clancykelly5508]

Vernor Vin-jee is his name.

[@martinbarr9402]

I submit as a lesser god Leto II, God-Emperor of Dune. Another great list Darryl.

[@TK-kf8zc]

What a great talk! Q?

[@erik_carter_art]

And I would throw in a little Q if we were including TV shows in the list! 😃😉

[@Alverant]

I read Starmaker. I found parts of it boring. There didn't seem to be a plot, just one person who willed himself into an ethereal form and explored the galaxy watching and occasionally interfering with other civilizations that were crude metaphors for other nations in 1930s Earth.

[@Emanon...]

There's only one God, ma'am, and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that - Captain America

[@Emanon...]

I find many of these beings to be absolutely boring. Give me a good villain with power, motivations and intent instead of these "Gods" that are momentarily beaten back by Deus ex machina.

[@TanyaK-nu6ef]

Thanks!

[@Sci-FiOdyssey]

Thanks Tatiana! ☺️