false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167301487m/21012.jpg 21012 10 If you like the brain-stretching work of William Gibson (author of <I>Neuromancer</I>) and Philip K. Dick (author of <I>Do Androids Dream of Electric Sleep?</I>, which was the basis for <I>Blade Runner</I>), you'll feel right at home with this latest futuristic thriller from the author of the well-received <I>Spares</I> (available in paperback). It's 2017, and the first time we meet Hap Thompson he's being hassled in a bar in Ensenada by his alarm clock, which not only talks but walks and has a bad attitude. Hap, a prodigious computer hacker with a pretty bad attitude himself, works for an outfit called REMtemps, which offers a unique service--removing clients' bad dreams by sucking them into the heads of paid professionals. (Could Smith have been influenced at all by the title of one of Dick's best stories, "I Can Dream It for You Wholesale?") Unfortunately, one of the bad dreams Hap is called on to swallow involves a real murder, and the search for the woman who dreamed it in the first place takes him--and us--on a literally mind-bending journey of scientific and philosophic discovery. But there's plenty of action, gadgetry, and snappy <i>noir</i> dialogue to make it all go down easily. <I>--Dick Adler</I> 22199 1998 One of Us total:154|5:54|4:62|3:36|2:2|1:0| 154 630 217 14 3 1 false false Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 19 04:02:07 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 04:17:29 -0700 2008
In this case the premise is less wild than others, dealing with transferred memories and dreams. A no...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 20:00:15 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 08 19:41:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Apr 06 20:25:48 -0700 2007 Fri Apr 06 20:27:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false true Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 13:19:02 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 19:14:18 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 21 06:53:21 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 21 06:53:21 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 12:11:10 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 13:26:59 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 03:44:23 -0700 2009 Fri May 15 03:48:00 -0700 2009
Liked it right up to the final pages, and it'd be spoilerish to describe why in too much detail. There was a shift in tone, and an explanation of events that seemed to come right out of a different genre to the PKD-ish sci-fi we were rolling with. Or maybe in ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 20 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Thu Jul 03 05:01:14 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 22 07:19:42 -0800 2008
Bien sûr, on est chez MM Smith, et d'après ce que j'ai pu comprendre (en lisant la quatrième de couverture), l'ambiance se r...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 06:09:44 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 06:29:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 06:28:23 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 16 01:50:54 -0700 2008
Needless to say, this was my first novel by the author and I was, especially for someone who doesn't read sci - fi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Jul 30 19:29:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 19:30:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 08:33:43 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 08:33:43 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Apr 04 12:15:20 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 06:54:03 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 22 13:44:10 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 13:44:34 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 11:08:40 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 11:08:40 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri Nov 20 02:36:57 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 02:36:57 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Nov 14 12:41:57 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 12:41:57 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Nov 14 01:16:33 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 01:16:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Nov 07 18:20:46 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 18:20:46 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 13:22:24 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 13:22:24 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=21012