false \ 2555300 <![CDATA[Rainbows End]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg 102439 7 3101132 book 2006 Rainbows End total:1006|5:174|4:383|3:329|2:96|1:24| 1006 3605 1577 196 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 5 2 false Sat Aug 09 20:55:34 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 22:40:15 -0700 2008
Among other things, he must learn to understand h...more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 1 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 18:02:17 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 17:11:46 -0700 2007
I gave it fifty pages, and every single one was an effort.

This book has tons of ...more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 4 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 10:59:44 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:57:15 -0800 2009 Neuromancer and I liked Stephenson's Snow Crash, and this is basically the same thing for the current generation except it leans a little more towards the techno-thriller side, like Michael Crichton if he were actually a good writer and knew more about his subject than what he'd jus...more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 1 2 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 18:51:33 -0700 2007 Wed Feb 25 01:53:40 -0800 2009
I was hoping that this would be similar to Stephenson's Snow Crash, which I loved, but it couldn't be further from th...more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 1 2 false Thu Dec 18 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 26 06:44:20 -0700 2008 Fri Dec 19 07:13:58 -0800 2008 more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 2 1 false Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 09:12:27 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 25 09:30:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 4 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 22:36:58 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 22:47:44 -0700 2007 more...]]> 988508 0312856849 9780312856847 65 13 Rainbows End: A Novel With One Foot In The Future 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180028557m/988508.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/988508.Rainbows_End_A_Novel_With_One_Foot_In_The_Future 4 1 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 21:37:09 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:27:42 -0800 2009 more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 4 1 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 06 14:46:16 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 06 14:53:22 -0800 2007 more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 3 1 false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 05 19:40:43 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 04 19:42:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 5 0 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 28 06:29:54 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 06:30:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 3 0 false Tue May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 17 01:51:30 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 02:51:51 -0800 2009 A Fire Upon The Deep and A Deepness in the Sky.) But this was a gift from a graduating student, so I felt obligated to try.

I was surprised and gratified to discover that...more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 5 0 false Sat Dec 05 11:22:16 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 05 11:40:27 -0800 2009
For me, th...more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 4 0 false Mon Sep 21 23:32:03 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 00:02:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 4 0 false Mon Jun 08 20:44:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 22:55:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 3 0 false Thu Nov 12 01:13:31 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 19 12:57:31 -0800 2009
I hover between giving Rainbows End four stars, or two stars. I guess that means three. The characters were largely well written and presented, and the universe complimented them nicely, with a few weird issues along the way.

Four stars for: characters, espe...more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 3 0 false Tue Feb 24 18:13:30 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 14:37:10 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 18:13:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 5 0 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 04 15:02:36 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 15:02:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 2 0 false Mon Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 19:13:08 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 21 19:08:29 -0800 2009 Rainbows End is set in the near future where society is at (or possibly past) the tipping point for technological singularity. Robert Gu, the central character is a world-famous poet who has been treated for, and recovered from, Alzheimer's but is years behind in technology. Modern medicine is sti...more...]]> 102439 0812536363 9780812536362 933 182 Rainbows End 3.58 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171485381m/102439.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/102439.Rainbows_End 4 1 false Wed Sep 17 18:16:15 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 18:19:53 -0700 2008 A cool sci-fi book about an aged poet who—thanks to the wonders of futuristic medicine—returns from the netherworld of senility to find himself unwittingly mixed up in a plot to brainwash the world through a genetically engineered mind control virus activated by subliminal messages.
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