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“Fun cyberpunk read. ”
Deyara wrote this review Saturday, August 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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Clint C wrote this review Thursday, August 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Took out from Hoover Library last night
Hope to start reading it this weekend
CC 7-20-09
100 pages in -- so far solid Science Fiction
cc 8-13-09
finished last week
fun read, cyberpunk
”“This book takes place many years after the collapse of civilization. A group of sentient computers called the Autonomous Minds rebelled against mankind in the Autonomous Revolt. Now, Earth is dominated by bio/logics, the science of programming the human body.
plappen wrote this review Sunday, May 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The programs have names like Eyemorph 1.0, DeMirage 24.5, Poker Face 83.4b and AntiSleepStim 124.7. The average person has thousands of such programs in their bodies, courtesy of microscopic robots placed at or before birth. Natch is a master of bio/logic programming, who has risen to the top with little more than brains and sheer determination.
For many years, Margaret Surina, ancestor of Sheldon Surina, the inventor of bio/logics, has hinted about this new technology called MultiReal. She enters into a partnership with Natch and his fiefcorp to bring it to market immediately. It can take months to understand and develop a new technology, get it approved by Dr. Plugenpatch (a set of databases that constitute the quality control system), keep it away from the competitors, and then bring it to market. Natch and his colleagues have to do it in three days. The reason for the very short time frame is to also keep MultiReal away from the Defense and Wellness Council. It’s a secret and unaccountable government organization that handles all military and intelligence affairs.
This is an excellent piece of writing. Cyberpunk fans will love it. Is there such a thing as "business cyberpunk?" This is also a really good book about the mixing of business and technology. The "cyber-" part is not too technical, and this is very highly recommended.
”“A decent read, not high art, but quite readable.
Christina M wrote this review Wednesday, September 10 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
It's about charismatic businessmen and how they compete for resources, power and money in a futuristic internet-application, NYSE-type of wheeler-dealer world. It's about alpha maleness, in effect.
If you find Donald Trump magnetic, or clever idiosyncratic tycoons give you goosebumps, you'll dig this book. Otherwise, you will be left wondering why the female protagonist hasn't tipped the main character out a window at some point.
Beware: this is one of a trilogy, and it's not picaresque in any way. Edelman just stops, as opposed to ends, this novel.”
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