This was a surprise, I originally bought it from an ebook store so I could read it on my HTC device, it turned out to be a really good book! I didn’t realize until much later that it was based around the mass effect game
It was a nicely technical read and described how humans were using the alien Mass Effect devices to travel between the stars and what happened when they inevitably ‘bumped’ into the neighbors and started a fight. Typical Humans |
| This was a wonderfully wonderful book. Again, I downloaded it for my HTC. The author has made it available online at his website for free, you can download Postsingular in PRC, PDF or TXT. I used the PRC format on MobiReader and it was very easy to read. You can read Rudy Ruckers’ Blog here
The story deals with what happens to human society after the Singularity of the development of AI and nanotech. The first three chapters could have been an entire novel by themselves and I would have been happy. This is not written in the same way as the other books here, it deals with something that would cause such a dramatic change in human behavior it would be hard to imagine. Rucker deals with this in a fantastic way, my only disappointment was when there was no more book to read! |
| My friend gave me this for my Birthday and I’ve just gotten around to reading it. I wanted to save it for a time when I could give it the attention a Richard Morgan book deserves.
It is based around a character who is known as a ‘Thirteen’, a genetically engineered human who was part of a series of experiments to find a way to breed a human as ruthless and alpha as those found over 40,000 years ago before we became domesticated. An intelligent monster, feared around the globe. This is a detective novel set in the future, I’d like to say Bladerunner but this book is far more deep, as with other Morgan books, it does get a bit political but that only helps to weave the background to the rest of the story and characters. As a side note, I used to work with the Authors sister. I’m like almost famous. |
All three of these books are worth buying for a loved geek or sci-fi fan, I really enjoyed them all immensely.
You get time to work, play, write this blog AND read?
I bet you have a Tardis in your garage as well
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hehe, it’s just making maximum use of all the ‘waits’ I get in my ‘hurry up and wait’ businesses! My problem with reading is that I can’t stop once I start, sometimes I can be locked away staying up until all hours reading sci-fi!
I heard about the book (Mass Effect) I’ve been waiting for the game for a long time. I haven’t purchased it yet but I will. Finding the time to actually play it will be a challenge.
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I read Black Man, though it was called 13 in America. The idea of superhuman soldiers and what to do with them once the war is over is not a new one, but it is treated very well here. That whole opening scene with the cannibalism in space was wonderfully creepy.
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