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Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone
by
Ian McDonald
Ethan Ring is a former graphic design student with a dark and powerful secret. As an undergraduate, he and some classmates developed the ultimate in high-concept visual art: computerized images capable of bypassing rational thought and controlling the mind of the perceiver, whether for good or ill. When the reigning intelligence agency gets wind of Ethan's handiwork, he is...more
Paperback, 144 pages
Published
January 1st 1994
by Spectra
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As a bright art design student, Ethan Ring helped discover fracters: the synthesis of images that bypass the mind and directly affect the brain, bringing healing, pain, freezing of time sense, death and more. He was later recruited by the European Security Forces as an agent but his troubled soul is now on a journey of self-discovery through Buddhist temples in Japan.
The mcguffin of this book is faintly ridiculous, but I was able to suspend my disbelief enough to enjoy it. I'm a fan of McDonald'...more
The mcguffin of this book is faintly ridiculous, but I was able to suspend my disbelief enough to enjoy it. I'm a fan of McDonald'...more
A fascinating premise and a great setting and the backstory of the characters was really engaging, but the actual plot (and the ending) didn't really grab me. I wanted to know more about how the characters got to that point, and what happened afterwards, instead of what actually happened in the story.
Kun kirjaa olen yrittänyt lukea, ehkei ole ollut sopiva mielentila sillä tarina tuntui sekavalta ja jaksoin lukea vain alkua. Kirja tuntuu vaativan paljon keskittymistä, että jotain tolkkua saa.
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This novel is a slim but powerful vision of 21st-century Japan and a guilt-ridden man's journey through it toward redemption. This is a brief but surprisingly satisfying tale, the full range of his versatile talent is on display as he merges Zen philosophy with cyberspace performance art in a high-tech contemplation of good and evil. A rare combination of suspenseful storytelling and thought-provoking ideas.
Quite lyrical - more like a long poem than a book. I think this will be getting a better review if I re-read it. Probably take a few re-reads to get under the skin of it. Worth the effort though as I know there is more there to think about.
A concise, nearly flawless short novel of redemption. Ian McDonald's most propulsively readable book -- one which is sadly ignored.
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Ian Neil McDonald (1960-) is a British science fiction novelist, living in Belfast. His themes include nanotechnology, postcyberpunk settings, and the impact of rapid social and technological change on non-Western societies.
McDonald was born in 1960, in Manchester, to a Scottish father and Irish mother, but moved to Belfast when he was five, and has lived there ever since. He therefore lived throu...more
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McDonald was born in 1960, in Manchester, to a Scottish father and Irish mother, but moved to Belfast when he was five, and has lived there ever since. He therefore lived throu...more
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