As a programmer for Galapagos Wetware, Hal Briggs is responsible for writing the genetic code for simple, efficient creatures to be employed in men...
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Feb 02, 2012
Anh
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I found this book thoroughly engaging. The characters are convincingly human, even the ones who aren't as human as we are. I found the evocation of their needs particularly moving. We all deal with loneliness and purpose. Craig Nova relates the struggle with both in a strange and fascinating near-future, near reality setting. I loved it. If you like intelligent sci-fi, then definitely give this a read.
May 30, 2008
Spencer
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Mr. Nova's characterization is what made this book keep going. The reviews I read about the book said somewhat the same. However, the pacing of this book is far too slow until the final ten chapters of the book where things go far too fast and seem not to match the pacing of the first part of the book. I find the world interesting and Craig Nova lends the world description that feels damp and like the title of the book I could sense the dryness and dampness of the world. Though, it would have be
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Nov 11, 2010
I just never felt that urgency to keep turning the pages. I've heard great things about Nova, so maybe this one was just a miss.
Jul 22, 2010
Mick
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Didn't get engaged by this, and put it down 100 pages in. The writing was occasionally very interesting, but there's a distance to it. It was never emotionally engaging.
Mar 21, 2011
Karenbike
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Part Science Fiction, part a novel set in the future, there is a common dilemma of what is man's responsibility to what he may create. In the end, the two "humans" Briggs creates draw the conclusion that they were slaves. This novel was bewildering but thought provoking.
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