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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89195.The_Prefect?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Prefect (Gollancz SF)" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1171150359m/89195.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89195.The_Prefect?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Prefect</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/51204.Alastair_Reynolds">Alastair Reynolds</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14361154?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>Stonking sci-fi whodunit. It's a meditation on the extremes of democracy and the balance of power between citizens and the state, and also an exploration of various forms of AI. One of the best of his that I've read - I like Century Rain a bit more but this one left me wanting more in the Revelation Space universe. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/403565?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>