false 1472123 2 <div><div>In the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein's <i>The Moon is a Harsh Mistress</i> but with a healthy dose of cyberpunk: <i>Radio Freefall</i> is about a plot to take over the Earth by power-mad, sociopathic computer-geek billionaire, Walter Cheeseman. It's up to a strange cast of rock stars and oddballs to stop him.</div><div> </div><div>Aqualung, a mysterious blues musician who also has superhuman tech skills, might be the catalyst for the resistance--or he might just be the pawn of artificial intelligences.</div><div> </div><div>To thwart the takeover, the orbitals and the moon colonies secede from Earth. And then something like the Singularity happens, but no one is quite sure.</div><div> </div><div>This is a novel of cyberpunk and rock and roll, of technology, artificial intelligence, and wild riffs off of Heinlein all mixed into an explosive debut.</div><div> </div><div>Matthew Jarpe launches his SF career with a bang!</div></div> 1463092 7 8 2007 Radio Freefall total:27|5:6|4:9|3:10|2:2| 27 100 46 7 3 0 false false Mon Jun 16 20:53:35 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 21:00:57 -0700 2008
The story follows 2 characters as they grapple with th...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 29 07:42:05 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 29 12:36:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 16 17:44:57 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 17:46:44 -0700 2008
I love it when I find such an original work at the local library. I make it a point to tr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 31 16:39:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 31 16:57:30 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 14:06:30 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 19:54:43 -0700 2009 This turned out to be a great book. I'm not usually impressed with character based books (verses plot/world/galaxy builders) but this book's characters gripped me from the first page to the last.

I'd recommend it to anyone who's a fan of (semi)-cyber-punk and music in general.
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