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This is a near-future SF novel, written in 1988-1989. It was nominated for Hugo and Locus, lost both (Hugo to The Vor Game, Locus took 2nd place, losing to The Fall of Hyperion. Both winners are lighter and IMHO literarily better novels). I read it as a part of the monthly reading for August 2024 at Hugo & Nebula Awards: Best Novels group.
This is a big book – 27 hours on audio, 601 pages hardback. It is felt that the author attempted to write something more than an entertaining SF adventure, ins ...more
This is a big book – 27 hours on audio, 601 pages hardback. It is felt that the author attempted to write something more than an entertaining SF adventure, ins ...more
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second read - 24 October 2011 - ***** I enjoyed this much more than I think I did when I first read it 16 years ago. While the purpose of science fiction is not typically to predict the future with accuracy, I was quite impressed with the accuracy of David Brin's predictions in this book, as well with his synthesis of multiple scientific disciplines. I found one of his fictional reference passages, to be very interesting -
"Nations are often likened to living bodies. And so, oldtime state sociali ...more
"Nations are often likened to living bodies. And so, oldtime state sociali ...more
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