Discussion questions of the book, 작별인사 by 김영하
1. What sort of story did you guess or expect when you first heard of this book title,
Farewell? Do you think the title is perfect enough or do you have another title you’d like
to give?
2. How many books of the writer, 김영하, have you read? What other books of his would
you recommend to our club members?
3. Let’s share your favorite passage or line from the book.
4. If you think 철이 is more than a hyper real humanoid developed by HumanMatters, what made you think so? Is he close enough to a human being?
5. On the debate scene between 선이 and 달마(p. 150) where they argue about pains from living and life of human being, which side are you and why do you take that side?
6. If you were one of those humanoids, do you want your soul or consciousness to be
uploaded on Cloud and able to be loaded anywhere and forever or, just simply
deactivated once your life is done?
7. There are some weird or crazy situations happening in the future that are caused by
human beings abusing robots, such as people who can’t afford robot pets buying real
pets from illegal breeders, robots replacing caregivers. Which one was the most
shocking but possible?