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Singularity Sky (Singularity)
 

Singularity Sky

by Charles Stross

Four hundred years in the future, time travel has been perfected and groundbreaking developments in Artificial Intelligence have been made. But is this a great step forward for humanity--or its ultimate downfall? (read review)

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krimon
  • Rated 4 stars

“Similar to Glasshouse, Singularity Sky took some work on my part to get into, but once the players were set and the plot rolling along I wound up finishing it in one evening.”

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Daniel Roy
  • Rated 2 stars

“The opening of Singularity Sky is as gripping as they come: one day, on the backwater planet of Rochard's World, telephones begin raining down from the sky. Everybody who picks one up is given a simple order: Entertain us, and we will grant your wish. And just like that, money, bicycles and replicator machines begin falling from orbit, and Rochard's World falls into chaos.

Soon, the New Republic, a strict dictatorship, dispatches a fleet to deal with the enemies 'attacking' their...”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.736842 stars
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  • Rated 3.5 stars
  

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