Jason Kelley's Reviews > Spin Control

Ahhhh, much better. I was far more pleased with this than I was with Spin State. I think Betsey was right about Moriarty coming into herself as a writer with Spin Control. It goes a long way to proving just how much the writing can make or break a story. See, Spin State had all the ingredients of a kick ass sci-fi space drama, but it wasn't mixed properly. Spin Control had even less of those ingredients, was set in middle east earth, (I don't know about anyone else but I get tired of the middle east drama), ended kinda klunky, but it still read better than Spin State. Much better than I wrote that last sentence!

Anyway, my favorite parts of the story had to do with the AI Cohen and his relationships to people and other AIs. Especially his relationship to Li, Router/Decomposer, and Gavi. The Novalis virus idea is great as well. And I look forward to finding out if Moriarty explores further with the "alien" encounter on Novalis.


I just started reading Altered Carbon. Holy crap! I'm having a tough time putting it down. I can't help to think how good ideas like Moriarty's would flourish if she could write like Morgan. I know it's unfair to do that to an Author, but still I wonder. Perhaps she'll get there, and when she does I'll be one of her biggest fans.