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The story of an engineer who creates a device to raise a girl capable of thinking for herself reveals what …
Madeline Ashby: vN (2012, Angry Robot, Distributed in the U.S. by Random House)
"Amy Peterson is a von Neumann machine--a self-replicating humanoid robot. For the past five years, she has been grown slowly …
Suspected of involvement after the Regimental High Command is destroyed as they prepared to go …
My first culture book, but not my last. Not an all time classic, but a good diversion with some interesting science speculation that makes good SF.
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the …
I read this book years ago, but just finished reading it again. I really loved almost all of this book. The exposition about ancient Sumer really should have been left out. That would leave the technical premise of the book (the Macguffin, I won't spoil the story) looking a little weak. But I don't think the rest of the story would have suffered much. One of the real joys of the book comes from the characters, Hiro and YT. Even Raven and Uncle Enzo and Ng all add their own color to the story. The other fun part is the hyperbolic extrapolation of America's future, that part is immense fun to read. The premise itself (the virus) was actually fine, it's just the big chapters of exposition that should have been replaced with a three paragraph summary.
The book is great fun, I highly recommend it! When someone starts talking …
I read this book years ago, but just finished reading it again. I really loved almost all of this book. The exposition about ancient Sumer really should have been left out. That would leave the technical premise of the book (the Macguffin, I won't spoil the story) looking a little weak. But I don't think the rest of the story would have suffered much. One of the real joys of the book comes from the characters, Hiro and YT. Even Raven and Uncle Enzo and Ng all add their own color to the story. The other fun part is the hyperbolic extrapolation of America's future, that part is immense fun to read. The premise itself (the virus) was actually fine, it's just the big chapters of exposition that should have been replaced with a three paragraph summary.
The book is great fun, I highly recommend it! When someone starts talking about the Sumerians and stuff like that, just skip forward to the next section, you're not missing anything important for understanding or enjoying the book.
In Yalda's universe, light has no universal speed and its creation generates energy.
On Yalda's world, plants make food by …
When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn't take him long to discover …
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his …
The Forever War (1974) is a military science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, telling the contemplative story about …
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Devoted to the Bishopry Militant and to his crew, ship captain Ean Tephe is given a secret mission to a …
The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings …
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about a future Earth engaged in …
The Ghost Brigades is a science fiction novel by American writer John Scalzi, the second book set in his Old …
