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Type: fiction

Status: disliked

Author: M.John Harrison

Tags: transhuman science-fiction

Description: The book's first few pages are glowing recommendations from reliable reviewers and someThe book's first few pages are glowing recommendations from reliable reviewers and some of my favourite authors.

I hated this book. Hated it so much I don't understand how anyone could like it. Every character in the book is a sociopathic monster, except for the one who is also a psychopath. The ending fails to pay off and the journey there has to be made through a mock-clever plot filled with even less actually clever literary puns.

Avoid....

2005-11-30

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Type: fiction

Status: I recommend

Author: Cory Doctorow

Tags: transhuman science-fiction near_future post-scarcity

Description: Murder, sabotage and politics ought to be no big deal in a world where you can always be resurrectedMurder, sabotage and politics ought to be no big deal in a world where you can always be resurrected from your last backup. But Jules has a scary dedication to Disney World and he isn't going to allow anyone to mess the place up....

2005-11-30