Mycora: technogenic life. Fast-reproducing, fast-mutating, and endlessly voracious. In the year 2106, these microscopic machine/creatures have esca...
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Nov 15, 2008
Joe
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This is an easily-readable science fiction novel. It describes a society that has escaped earth, left it to be taken oven by fast-replicating and consuming nanomachines. The main character -- a shoemaker and sort of citizen journalist (I call em "bloggers") -- joins a mission to go back to Earth to place some detectors.
This book is good enough, but it doesn't really go into any depth about the issues it covers. There's a little bit on another society that split off from More...
This book is good enough, but it doesn't really go into any depth about the issues it covers. There's a little bit on another society that split off from More...
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Jul 12, 2009
Scot
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Good science, the read reminded me of Gregory Benford. This guy is obviously an engineer first and a novelist second. The characters were shallow and sort of unbelievable. The suspension of disbelief was too great. Blood Music by Greg Bear did such a better job of getting inside the potential mystery of this possible "singularity". A comparison t Arthur C Clark might be apt, but in the sense that Clark always had trouble with character as well.
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Jan 30, 2012
I've read this once before, and liked it. I'm pretty burned out on hard SF, but Wil McCarthy manages to take me places I enjoy going. He has a knack for making scenes come alive with interesting details and emotional trajectories.
Apr 11, 2011
Simon
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This was the second time i've read this book, and its a great depiction of possible Nano issues. It really makes me wonder if Nano technology is a good idea. After all, is there really any software thats perfect.... ?
Jul 01, 2010
Justin
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Good story, lots of time spent discussing the "Game of Life" simulation
Sep 21, 2008
Charles
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A very fine book. Lots of adventure embedded in a rich sea of ideas. The whole concept was great, and McCarthy's prose is top-notch.
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