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Gideon's Fall:when You Don't Have a Pray
Gideon is a contestant, fighting for his life in a world teetering on chaos. A landscape populated by two hundred kilo augmented raging homicidal maniacs, pansexual harlequin drug lords and messianic sociopaths driven by pulsing neon vistas of salvation smoldering inside their fevered skulls. Eric Richard Gabrielsen provides a dark, wry, and entertaining look at the biggest issues facing the world today by combining the public hunger for violence, the clash of religions, the rise of biotechnology, and the unintended consequences of globalization.
- GenresScience FictionCyberpunk
254 pages, Paperback
First published August 16, 2007
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May 31, 2011
Finally, a book written that is William Gibson-esque enough to rate a 5-star rating. Cool tech, believable characters, interesting plot line.
December 6, 2008
A Vonnegut-style tale of the next century
Eric Gabrielsen's "Gideon's Fall" paints a picture of the world 80 or so years from now: a world full of augmented bodies, consolidated countries, a single Catholic church (except for a few lingering Mormon terrorists), a space catapult, and a couple mind-machine mergers.
The book is a collection of story lines told from the perspectives of quite a few characters, including Gideon (gladiator who wants out), Leslie (gladiator who got out for a while and became a drug lord), and Shadrach (a super-strong super-fundamentalist out to destroy any enhanced people). Some of the story lines are the rise and fall of Leslie, the retirement of Gideon, the end of the Church, the revenge of a drug crime victim, and the ascension of James from a homeless person to Pope.
Gabrielsen's book has more than a few spelling and grammatical errors. However, several of the myriad of story lines and characters were compelling: I enjoyed reading about Michelle and then Tobe's restaurant, Anna's life of the super-rich, and Eddie's quest for revenge.
Eric Gabrielsen's "Gideon's Fall" paints a picture of the world 80 or so years from now: a world full of augmented bodies, consolidated countries, a single Catholic church (except for a few lingering Mormon terrorists), a space catapult, and a couple mind-machine mergers.
The book is a collection of story lines told from the perspectives of quite a few characters, including Gideon (gladiator who wants out), Leslie (gladiator who got out for a while and became a drug lord), and Shadrach (a super-strong super-fundamentalist out to destroy any enhanced people). Some of the story lines are the rise and fall of Leslie, the retirement of Gideon, the end of the Church, the revenge of a drug crime victim, and the ascension of James from a homeless person to Pope.
Gabrielsen's book has more than a few spelling and grammatical errors. However, several of the myriad of story lines and characters were compelling: I enjoyed reading about Michelle and then Tobe's restaurant, Anna's life of the super-rich, and Eddie's quest for revenge.
October 1, 2010
This is an indie book, typos and all and I bought it with little hope.
Instead, it made my top 10 list and I own it in paperback and hardback! It fit right in with Altered Carbon and The Skinnerand that's no small compliment.
From the jacket:
Gideon is a contestant, fighting for his life in a world teetering on chaos. A landscape populated by two hundred kilo augmented raging homicidal maniacs, pansexual harlequin drug lords and messianic sociopaths driven by pulsing neon vistas of salvation smoldering inside their fevered skulls.
Eric Richard Gabrielsen provides a dark, wry, and entertaining look at the biggest issues facing the world today by combining the public hunger for violence, the clash of religions, the rise of biotechnology, and the unintended consequences of globalization.
Instead, it made my top 10 list and I own it in paperback and hardback! It fit right in with Altered Carbon and The Skinnerand that's no small compliment.
From the jacket:
Gideon is a contestant, fighting for his life in a world teetering on chaos. A landscape populated by two hundred kilo augmented raging homicidal maniacs, pansexual harlequin drug lords and messianic sociopaths driven by pulsing neon vistas of salvation smoldering inside their fevered skulls.
Eric Richard Gabrielsen provides a dark, wry, and entertaining look at the biggest issues facing the world today by combining the public hunger for violence, the clash of religions, the rise of biotechnology, and the unintended consequences of globalization.
June 15, 2008
Eric is a fine story teller and his writing style is easy and quick. I'm not typically a reader of this sort of material, so I'm not sure I'm a good person to evaluate it since I don't really have a good understanding of the genre. But if you enjoy brave new worlds, intrigue, darkness and some light, then you owe it to yourself to experience Gideon's Fall. Keep on writing Eric!
June 1, 2008
Imaginative, fresh a fast paced read. I really enjoy Erics writing style, it is like a movie in my head.
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