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First Full-Length Review of "Upload"
"Like Neil Stephenson’s Snow Crash and Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon, Upload is fast paced and full of action, a story-noire set in a not too distant dystopian society; and the characters and worlds are well developed and very believable."
My first full-length review comes from fellow Lulu author, Hazen Wardle. Read the entire review here: http://smallmarkbooks.yolasite.com/bo...
Thank you so much, Hazen, for taking the time to write such a thoughtful and well-structured review!
My first full-length review comes from fellow Lulu author, Hazen Wardle. Read the entire review here: http://smallmarkbooks.yolasite.com/bo...
Thank you so much, Hazen, for taking the time to write such a thoughtful and well-structured review!
Kirkus Indie Review For Upload
“McClelland’s ambitious debut novel envisions a future in which the vanishing line between virtual reality and “organic life” causes an antisocial genius to conduct the ultimate evolutionary experiment… The author has a particular gift for describing the technological advances, brand names, pop-cultural references and unique detritus of a society dependent on machines for survival and ravaged by virtual-reality addiction… McClelland’s slick imagination remains in full gear until the novel’s unpredictable conclusion. A thoughtful tale resembling a sci-fi video game viewed in a funhouse mirror.” –Kirkus Indie
Check out the entire review.
The best part: the Kirkus reviews for Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline, and Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson, now list Upload as a suggested similar book. While I don’t feel the folks at Kirkus Indie really “got” my book, it’s great to see it listed alongside such well regarded titles.
Check out the entire review.
The best part: the Kirkus reviews for Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline, and Mona Lisa Overdrive, by William Gibson, now list Upload as a suggested similar book. While I don’t feel the folks at Kirkus Indie really “got” my book, it’s great to see it listed alongside such well regarded titles.
