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By Light Alone

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In the future, hunger is a thing of the past—unless you choose to be hungry. The new novel from the author of Yellow Blue Tibia and Swiftly.

In a world wherepeople have been genetically engineered so thatthey can photosynthesize sunlight withtheir hair, hunger is a thing of the past, and food an indulgence. The poor grow their hair, whilethe rich affect baldness and flaunt...more

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Published September 1st 2012 by Gollancz (first published August 2011)

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Jun 16, 2012 Nicholas Whyte rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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In By Light Alone, humanity has become universally able to photosynthesise enough energy to stay alive through their hair by virtue of a drug which is freely available, and has consequently collapsed into a Gatsbyesque dichotomy of the super-wealthy and the poor. The plot concerns a couple who are holidaying in an exotic resort, whose obscenely comfortable world is upended when one of their children is stolen - not kidnapped, no ransom involved; we then...more http://nwhyte.livejournal.com/1893075.html

In By Light Alone, humanity has become universally able to photosynthesise enough energy to stay alive through their hair by virtue of a drug which is freely available, and has consequently collapsed into a Gatsbyesque dichotomy of the super-wealthy and the poor. The plot concerns a couple who are holidaying in an exotic resort, whose obscenely comfortable world is upended when one of their children is stolen - not kidnapped, no ransom involved; we then follow first their efforts to get her back and then the real story of her return. It's lushly descriptive, but most of the characters are so unpleasant that it's rather difficult to enjoy (and then the missing daughter is almost too heroic when she finally turns up).

Roberts' future world is also a world without conflict, where his characters (both rich and poor) are able to wander across borders that in our world are tense and contentious but in the world of By Light Alone are sunk into a sullen peace, watched over by local militias and strongmen whose desire for a quiet life apparently doesn't include conquering the next village. (Though the book ends with renewed conflict between rich and poor, personified in the family who are his core characters.)

Those of us who take an interest in the origins of conflict occasionally debate the extent to which access to resources is a universal factor (my own take is that it can be over-rated; cultural factors can exacerbate conflict even in areas which are wealthy, or prevent it in areas which are poor). Iain M. Banks portrays a post-scarcity future where conflict is pretty much absent except for those outside the Culture. I was a bit disappointed that the disappearance of traditional conflict from Roberts' world wasn't really a matter of comment within the novel; Tbilisi, Yerevan and Mount Ararat are basically far-off places which are not like New York and are full of poor people, and while that's explicitly the view of the unpleasant rich characters, I felt it was implicitly the view of the novel as a whole, and an opportunity missed.(less)

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Feb 28, 2012 Melissa Lutzenhiser rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Science Fiction is really not my thing. I had the opportunity to meet the author who said that he tends to write books with no likeable characters. This book was true to his word. The characters are really hard to like or even tolerate reading about. This book is about the same class struggle it seems that every age has only this time the wealth is food. We are not told how the wealthy became wealthy and when I asked the author about this he basically said that it wasn't relevant to the story bu...more

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Jan 08, 2012 Andrea McDowell rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

Why haven't I heard more about this book?

As topical and timely goes, it can hardly be surpassed: a novel about food insecurity as food becomes scarcer worldwide, a novel about income inequality in the year of the Occupy movement, and a novel about unintended consequences of benevolent ideas as we watch climate change unfold around us--why isn't it being reviewed in every newspaper and magazine from Iqualiut to Brisbane? Add to that a smart, well-written novel with well-drawn characters of litera...more Why haven't I heard more about this book?

As topical and timely goes, it can hardly be surpassed: a novel about food insecurity as food becomes scarcer worldwide, a novel about income inequality in the year of the Occupy movement, and a novel about unintended consequences of benevolent ideas as we watch climate change unfold around us--why isn't it being reviewed in every newspaper and magazine from Iqualiut to Brisbane? Add to that a smart, well-written novel with well-drawn characters of literary quality. Where is the bruhaha?

So: picture a family of wealthy Manhattanites--so wealthy they do not need to work for a living. Moreover, picture a family of wealthy Manhattanites in the hands of an author who obviously doesn't care much for them (and you won't, either, though one of them is sympathetically drawn). Picture a world in which a genius has developed a medical treatment that induces a genetic enhancement: human hair that photosynthesizes, so that the receiver of the treatment no longer needs to eat. Say goodbye to poverty and hunger, yes? Or that's the idea, anyway.

Picture a world in which the rich continue to hold onto their separateness and privilege by shaving their heads and getting fat off of real food, which most people can no longer afford. And picture a world in which billions of poor humans with photosynthesizing hair no longer have a thing to lose because, since they no longer need to be paid for their labour in order to eat and survive, they aren't.

Now picture that the preteen daughter of this wealthy Manhattanite family is kidnapped while the family is on vacation, and a year later is returned to them (or is she?) vastly altered by having lived on light for a year.

It's not a thriller, as the action does not centre around the kidnapping or the return, but her parents' reactions to both of those things--at least, until you get to Issa's chapter, which is hearbreaking. It's not about the hair (we never learn how it works). It's about how our best and most fabulous inventions always create problems we are neither equipped nor prepared to solve, and how the rich and powerful will hang on to their privilege and their ability to exploit regardless of the cost, even to themselves. It's a great book, well worth the read. (less)

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Jan 11, 2013 Gerhard rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013

Adam Roberts is a master of the High Concept, which means a high degree of experimentation and no two novels that are alike. Hence By Light Alone is totally different in tone and style to New Model Army, for example.

BLA is a peculiar novel, an old-style dystopia/utopia discourse like Le Guin or Delany might have written, teasing out the socio-political implications of a different world that refract deficiencies in our own.

Except Roberts has chosen as main viewpoint characters a couple at the pri...more

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Sep 22, 2012 Joanna rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Reading the reviews and comments posted here makes it clear that this book is not for everyone. Certainly it is a dark novel and can make one feel quite uncomfortable. But the author is an excellent writer and I think this is a very good novel. I do not think that the main premise or agenda or whatever is primarily political though it does express the increasing pessimism of Westerners about the possible futures that may await us. I think the genius of this novel is the author's profound underst...more

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Aug 25, 2012 Éponine rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Dopo aver letto 'Never let me go', che ho amato molto, si è riacceso in me l'amore per i romanzi distopici, che avevo messo provvisoriamente da parte per dedicarmi ad altri generi.

Futuro. Il divario tra ricchi e poveri è sempre più marcato, specie dopo l'invenzione dei Capelli che, se impiantati nel corpo umano, provvedono nutrimento assorbendo la luce solare. I ricchi, disgustati, mostrano fieri la loro calvizie e mangiano a più non posso, mentre le popolazioni più povere e ferventi gruppi rel...more Dopo aver letto 'Never let me go', che ho amato molto, si è riacceso in me l'amore per i romanzi distopici, che avevo messo provvisoriamente da parte per dedicarmi ad altri generi.

Futuro. Il divario tra ricchi e poveri è sempre più marcato, specie dopo l'invenzione dei Capelli che, se impiantati nel corpo umano, provvedono nutrimento assorbendo la luce solare. I ricchi, disgustati, mostrano fieri la loro calvizie e mangiano a più non posso, mentre le popolazioni più povere e ferventi gruppi religiosi e politici sostengono l'uso dei Capelli per i motivi più svariati (uguaglianza tra gli uomini, digiuno per comunicare con Dio, il ritorno ad una vita semplice...).
Un'abbiente famiglia di New York si reca in vacanza in una località della Turchia. La figlia maggiore viene misteriosamente rapita e ritornerà un anno dopo, emaciata e con i Capelli, una persona irriconoscibile.

A mio avviso questo romanzo, pur essendo molto interessante e proponendo vari spunti di riflessione, ha due problemi fondamentali: la mancanza di una trama consistente e la mancanza di coesione.
Nella prima parte, la dinamica delle vicende dei protagonisti è fin troppo semplice: famiglia in vacanza / bambina scomparsa/ dolore per la perdita /bambina ritrovata. Per allungare il tutto, l'autore si è sentito in dovere di intrattenerci con scene di sesso tediose e ripetitive. Talvolta esagerando un pochino.

La seconda sezione del romanzo si può considerare a parte ed è significativamente chiamata 'Odissea'. La misteriosa eroina, la cui identità è facilmente deducibile, intraprende un viaggio estenuante ed epico per ritornare a New York, la città di cui dice di essere Regina. Il suo cammino è anche un viaggio alla scoperta di un mondo in subbuglio e contrastante.
È fantastico il passo in cui la protagonista assiste a diverse conferenze di gruppi religiosi, dove ognuno propone la propria versione sulla vita dell'Inventore dei Capelli (che passa dall'essere un musulmano ad ortodosso ad accanito comunista con una velocità spaventosa). E ognuno prevede un utopico futuro...rifiutandosi di spiegare come ci si arriverà, a questo futuro.

Vediamo che i Capelli, che in origine dovevano essere un aiuto per l'umanità, presto si sono trasformati in uno strumento di discriminazione, un motivo di lotta tra idee diverse, uno strumento per soggiogare i deboli.
È un caso che l'Inventore dei Capelli sia stato soprannominato il Redentore, 'the Redeemer'?

Pur essendo senza dubbio la parte migliore – l'Odissea non è forse una delle storie più belle di sempre? - anche qui ci ritroviamo spesso di fronte ad orribili scene di stupro e/o abuso.
Adesso, io non mi sono scandalizzata, dico solo che non è il massimo essere costantemente aggiornati nel dettaglio su tutti i 'favori' che la protagonista deve fare in giro, specie se è solo una ragazzina di quattordici anni. Un po' di non detto, qualche allusione, un po' di finezza insomma...

Ma a questi passi si alternano riflessioni profonde sul dolore della perdita e sulla gioia del ritrovo, sulla confusione e smarrimento che un'ondata di felicità porta.
Siamo vicini alla protagonista che soffre di essere terribilmente sola, finché non realizza che questo significa essere adulti: poter stare da soli al contrario dei bambini,che sono alla ricerca della propria metà per capire chi sono veramente.

Che dire?
Questo libro mi ha lasciata non poco confusa.
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Sep 21, 2012 Zack Hiwiller rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A great Science Fiction conceit, but the author doesn't really seem to be concerned with developing his conceit. Or his plot. Or his characters. The first third is a truly awful satire of the rich carried along only by the promise of an interesting world beyond what the main characters are doing. It honestly felt a lot like Hemingway-rich people doing things that are hard to care about. The final third of the book is more interesting than anything before and a twist certainly pays off, but like...more

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Apr 24, 2012 Alexandra rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2012

The last book by Adam Roberts that I read, Yellow Blue Tibia, I did not enjoy. At all. So I was a little dubious about reading this one until I saw the cover, and I am willing to admit here and now that in this case at least, the cover totally sucked me in. An art deco sensibility is definitely the way to at least make me interested in starting your book.

And then I read the blurb, and decided that this could indeed be a book for me.

One of the great answers to "how would you change the world"...more

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Sep 19, 2011 Tudor Ciocarlie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: my-best-of-2011

I thought that after Land of Headless, Adam Roberts had completed his literary evolution. I was wrong, his voice is still evolving into totally new and interesting ways. This is a story of a world in which the need for food was eradicated because the hair was genetically engineered so that it can photosynthesise sunlight. You think that this is an utopia. Wrong, in the hands of Roberts this book is a dystopia, in which the poor grow their hair and become poorer and the rich shave their heads, co...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Alison rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

I really wanted to like this book, but unfortunately it just didn't do it for me. I would probably give it 3.5 stars, but seeing as that's not an option I went for 3 (it doesn't rate a 4 in my opinion).

I found Adam Roberts' style of writing very difficult to engage with and the 'futuristic' vocabularly felt too manufactured, leaving me disconnected from the world Roberts had created. I had a hard time believing the state of the world in the book too, especially given the timelines - it seemed to...more

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Mar 25, 2012 Kate rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, dystopian, environmental, future-history, sci-fi, political

I'm on a bit of a dystopia kick at the moment, and happened to find this in my local library. I'd never heard of the book or even the author, but found this novel compelling, bizarre and uncomfortable reading.

The world is split into a small percentage of people with vast wealth, and an immense hoard of genetically altered people who are able to photosynthesise the sun's light through their hair to stay (barely) alive. This genetic alteration was put in place as a solution to world hunger, and no...more

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Aug 27, 2011 Liviu rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011_release_read, review_fbc, genre-sf, read_2011, top_25_2011_novels

I finished By Light Alone and it's one of the few books I read that I cannot truly make my mind about it since the ending utterly baffled me structure-wise.

It is hard to discuss why without spoilers, but the book's structure and direction do not really balance with the ending so By Light Alone feels unfinished; on the other hand the ending in itself has power and a sense of conclusion but not for this book so to speak, but for a book that would have consisted of (an expansion of) its last four...more

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May 15, 2013 Sean Flanagan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A very weird SF take on the rich/poor divide and the current crisis of capitalism; people with hair don't need to eat, but that just means the rich can afford to pay them even less than now. Some very unsympathetic characters and some rather more likeable ones, the usual variety of weird sex scenes that every modern SF author apparently needs to use. But mostly pretty good; I especially liked the vagueness of the ending, and the general objectivity of the author. Neither the arrogant, pampered w...more

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Jun 12, 2012 David rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

First off. Believe the -blurb. Roberts writes better prose than over-lauded mainstream writers like Ian McEwan and has a superior speculative intelligence. I'm some 70 pages in. So far this novel has addressed the enclosed lives of a rich transatlantic clique in a world in which eating food is mark of status. Roberts deftly iterates the minor and major cruelties they inflict upon workers (who must find sustenance by photosynthesising with their hair) while exploring the nuances of their manner a...more

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Oct 25, 2011 Brett rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Steel Beach by John Varley explored what happens when scarcity is no longer a problem. In that novel, the fundamental problem is that no one has anything they need to do -- entertainment is the only industry.

By Light Alone takes a different approach. The photosynthetic hair has solved the problem of hunger for the poor, but removed much of their motivation for work. If anything, scarcity is a bigger issue than in the past. As a result, the gap between rich and poor is wider than ever (there is e...more

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Oct 16, 2011 Desolation Culture rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

Some people apparently see science fiction and other forms of non-realist or speculative fiction as essentially escapist fiction. This perception of the nature of SF is clearly a barrier to those who like to read fiction that is anchored in everyday reality, even while it may attract those who genuinely do read to escape from it. Despite my taste for the imaginative and speculative in fiction, I fall very firmly into the former category and I don't see this as a contradiction. I read science fic...more Some people apparently see science fiction and other forms of non-realist or speculative fiction as essentially escapist fiction. This perception of the nature of SF is clearly a barrier to those who like to read fiction that is anchored in everyday reality, even while it may attract those who genuinely do read to escape from it. Despite my taste for the imaginative and speculative in fiction, I fall very firmly into the former category and I don't see this as a contradiction. I read science fiction to enhance my understanding of our world, not to escape from it. Little wonder then that Adam Roberts is one of my favourite science fiction authors. Roberts' work, like the very best of science fiction, perfectly exemplifies how a vivid imagination, rather than leading to pure flights of fancy, can in fact elucidate the values and condition of the society in which we currently live. His latest, By Light Alone, does just such a thing, and it does it brilliantly.

The primary concept of this book is wonderfully wacky: that in the future humans have been genetically engineered to photosynthesise sunlight through their hair, thus eradicating the demand for food from an ever growing population. What has not been eradicated are the social and economic inequalities of our time nor the vain affectations of the rich and powerful. They have simply evolved, and now the rich flaunt their wealth by shaving their hair and eating food while looking for ways to further shield themselves from the hairy hordes of the desperate poor.

George and Marie are exemplars of such high society. They live a life isolated from the harsh realities of the wider world until their daughter, Leah, is kidnapped while they're holidaying in Anatolia. After these initial events, the novel outlines the attempt by Marie and George to recover their daughter and the impact of her absence on their lives, then latterly the aftermath of her eventual return, before finally offering an explanation of what actually occurred for Leah during the time she was taken. The structure of the novel is itself an integral part of the story, the final segment of the book is one long chapter which reveals Leah's physical and psychological journey, and which places the events of the other chapters into their proper context including the revelation of a well executed conceit. All the while the personal experiences of the characters are set against the backdrop of growing social unrest.

Throughout this book Roberts employs his erudite writing style to impressive effect, combining satirical insight and perceptiveness with great depth of both theme and character. Marie in particular is an utterly vile human being, but a great personality. There are also moments within its pages that By Light Alone is actually quite dark, including accounts of sexual exploitation. A difficult subject at any time and one often employed all too lazily in fiction, thankfully in this work, these never appear as anything other than entirely appropriate. The darkness within this novel is accentuated by an acute awareness of contrast. George's ruminations on the transient nature of existence following not just the loss of his daughter, but his witnessing the death of the man apparently responsible, occurs, for example, in potent polarity to the shallowness of his previous existence and the nonchalant humour of Roberts' prose. This contrast of light and dark, superficial and profound, characterise the narrative. As does a wonderful grasp of the effectiveness of understatement.

It's not often that I rave unreservedly about a novel, but I really did love this book without exception. By Light Alone is clever science fiction, and not just because of its prose or theme; It is imbued with perceptiveness and acutely observed social insight that transcends genre and that make this a fantastically relevant offering of 21st century literature. I sincerely hope this book finally brings Adam Roberts the recognition he deserves from a wider audience. For me, it has been my favourite novel of the year so far. If you want to see the best that British Science Fiction has to offer, and just how grounded in real world concerns it can be, then you need to be reading Adam Roberts. By Light Alone is a great place to start.(less)

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Aug 15, 2012 Stuart rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Someone has solved the world food shortage issue. By genetically engineering hair so that people can photosynthesise Rich people show off by shunning the treatment and going bald, while eating enough hard food to be hideously obese. Some of these rich people go on holiday, and their daughter is kidnapped.

I loved this. The world is well conceived, and Roberts does a very good job of dripfeeding the necessary info for you to envisage it. It's split into 4 parts, each focussing on a different playe...more

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Nov 13, 2011 Steve Gillway rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

Is he the new JG Ballard? This tale is certainly one to get you thinking about how the rich and poor live, and how they might live if circumstances were to change drastically. Moving perspectives allows the reader to experience many different sides to the world created by the author. It is in equal measures disturbing and curious. I would recommend it. Only 4 stars because of a Speilbergesque ending out of keeping with the rest of the book.

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Jul 01, 2012 Claire rated it 2 of 5 stars

This seems to be part of the new genre of sci-fi that imagines a future world based on genetic modification. This time its photo-synthesising hair. The rich eat food, the poor live on sun-light which only just sustains them. This is about a rich family who have their daughter kidnapped. The story is told from several view points which is interesting but in the end I'm not sure of the point or the ending which is sudden and incomplete.

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Jan 17, 2012 Andrea rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: my-collection, sci-fi

A novel look at the divide between the haves and the have-nots; greed and exploitation; and how a scientific discovery that promises an end to individual hunger results in generational enslavement. The social landscape has shifted, goals of rich and poor have morphed, even identity is unsure - but human greed and venality remain unchanged. This is a very well written book that pulls no punches.

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Oct 06, 2012 Ben rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, i-own, sci-fi-and-fantasy, dystopian

A brilliant dystopian look at the causes and effects of the global economy of growing food, as well as the underlying forces holding our global society together through the culture of work. Roberts writes beautiful prose, and weaves a fascinating, wonderful, scary future world which is also scarily believable. Definitely looking forward to picking up some more of his books.

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Aug 24, 2012 Drew Buddie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I thought the central premise of this book - that in a future world poor people make food for the rich by photosynthesing light with their hair - was a good one. But the final act is so cumbersomely, so clunkily written, that I culd not wait to finish the book (and I mean that not in a good way). Hugely disappointing.

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Jul 28, 2012 Sarah Louise Leach rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A very interesting premise thought out to its logical conclusion. The novel is science fiction at heart but is written with such panache and grace, Roberts has a lively philosophical and inventive mind. He reminds me of Doris Lessing. He has a lot to say about the world we live in now as the future he imagines is only very subtlety different to today.

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Apr 04, 2013 Georgine rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In a way the book is well written, and the individual parts of it are interesting. The fantastical (science fiction) elements are intriguing. But the story is incoherent -- the book is almost two different books in one. And the moral/ ending is incomprehensible.

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Sep 22, 2012 Rob Adey rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Another successfully risky book from Adam Roberts: mostly unsympathetic characters, a very high concept, and his obligatory few 'limbo' chapters right near the start of the book. For all that, a great book, much more about parenthood and childhood and much less about genefixed photosynthesis than you might imagine. Wonderfully striking language.

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Mar 11, 2012 AnathemaDevice rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I really enjoyed the words, but when the author actually started explaining stuff he would invent stallers for example timely telephone calls to drag it out, not a great way to envoke suspense. Though very good concepts and thought provoking read.

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Mar 06, 2013 Jonathan Brewer rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Interesting concept - and a Sci-Fi spin on the 99%. The narrative dragged at times, but it was a worthwhile read.

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Mar 12, 2012 Sardonyx rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I was intrigued when I read the brief synopsis of this book online after finding it listed on a top scifi/fantasy books of the year list. I did not expect to be as entertained by it as I was! Such a clever clever book, and shocking at times with the frank sexuality one encountered in it.

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Feb 27, 2012 Steve. g rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fantastic start. Brilliant writing and then BAM. Everything just fell off a cliff. Got to page 270 and thought can. not. be... Hate not finishing a book.

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Mar 14, 2013 Nyree Blackhall rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Wow it started strangely but once I got into the story I couldn't put it down, wish there was a little bit more...

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