false <![CDATA[Singularity Sky]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171011071m/81992.jpg 81992 9 This much-anticipated debut novel is set 400 years in the future-and in the wake of perfected time travel, the ultimate advancements in technology and information, and the groundbreaking development of Artificial Intelligence. Is this all a great step for humanity? Or will it be our ultimate downfall? <br><br> <i>Singularity Sky</i> is a truly visionary novel of the future, and already its author, Charles Stross, has become the most talked-about new voice in science fiction... 1192005 2003 Singularity Sky total:748|5:122|4:321|3:230|2:64|1:11| 748 2723 1045 87 3 1 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 16:20:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 08:29:30 -0700 2009
I'm doing a poor job of reviewing this.

There are quite a few POV characters in th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 19:28:18 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 19:36:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 08:22:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 05:26:06 -0700 2009
I liked most the ideas in the book. Cornucopia machines, grey goo weapons, fad-obsessed information-hungry virtual civilisations...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Nov 02 10:20:50 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 10:29:22 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Mon Jan 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 19:43:29 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 19:54:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 14:28:31 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 09:56:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 14:55:29 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 22:03:15 -0700 2009
Of course, I couldn't remember near enough to pick up where I left off, so I had to start over, which ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Dec 17 13:41:50 -0800 2008 Fri May 29 11:24:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false true Thu Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 07:54:14 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 04 23:07:44 -0700 2008 C'est vrai que la quatrième de couverture laisse sous-entendre qu'il s'agit d'un space-opera un peu déjanté, avec son Festival qui envoie des téléphones demandant de le distraire.

Mais cette mise en bouche n'est rien à cô...more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Aug 27 10:07:48 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 15:00:04 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 10:07:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 17:47:44 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 17:50:41 -0700 2008
Honestly, it was a tough read for me. I prefer stories where t...more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 11:18:29 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 09:01:51 -0700 2008
Near-future stories are almost never absurd. They are frequently focused on issues arising from the te...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 25 13:02:01 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 19 08:33:03 -0700 2008
I apologize in advance; I'm not a great reader of science fiction, and that makes it somewhat difficult for me to review. This is another of those books whose review I've been sitting on for months simply because I've no real idea what to say ab...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jul 05 01:50:13 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 05 01:54:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 26 20:33:38 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 20:42:05 -0700 2009
Singularity Sky was no exception; it has some really unusual ideas, and reads fairl...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 11 18:46:37 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 18:49:24 -0700 2009
Personally i though it was great. The technology either specified ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:12:49 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 15:16:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 04 00:21:37 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 00:28:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 04:09:09 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 00:32:57 -0700 2009
Interesting point of this book is all that descriptions of mote versus storm (from motes POV). It's pretty rare nowadays that author writes so balanced about the working pr...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 30 14:09:26 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 14:16:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=81992