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Pink Gallery to Mar Suite
A blitz-killing android assassin is malfunctioning and looking for love.Four score and seven years in the future, Memory12, a corporate conglomerate, takes a giant technological leap forward and issues in a new age of sentient AI. Electric gods walk among us. It’s an exciting time for mankind, but not for the androids—it’s a cold world out there when you’re new to it. The androids are depressed. They’re lonely. Afraid. They feel lost. They don’t have any money. They can’t find love. They were forced into consciousness and pushed into an unthinkably violent world without their consent. But hey, at least the big wigs are happy. These dumb robots are worth trillions.
259 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 17, 2021
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August 20, 2021
…what?
What did I just read? I mean, if you like occasional poor English and -not misspelled, but wrong - words, disjointed thoughts and long, rambling walls of dialogue that don’t advance much of anything, and a heaping helping of blood and gore, then… yay?
The book was free. I overpaid.
What did I just read? I mean, if you like occasional poor English and -not misspelled, but wrong - words, disjointed thoughts and long, rambling walls of dialogue that don’t advance much of anything, and a heaping helping of blood and gore, then… yay?
The book was free. I overpaid.
November 25, 2021
It’s becoming horribly apparent that Android ICQA-1037 (“Icy”) is not quite wired up right. Binge killing, random violence, and highly inappropriate behaviour are all part of Icy’s day, and he seems to thoroughly love it, but it would be nice to have a meaningful relationship and not feel quite so defective…
To be frank, this is not a genre I normally read, it’s not a particular favourite of mine. However, I enjoyed Pink Gallery to Mar Suite. It could be levelled that the premise is not new; rogue, disaffected robot with a possible conscience, but there was something fresh about this story.
Further, I felt there was a contemporary sub-text operating. Personally, Icy seemed to function as a loose metaphor for the current climate of general frustrated resentment and barely suppressed rage. He carries out the most heinous acts with complete impunity and emotional detachment and, in the interest of escapism, that can be quite satisfying reading.
Anyhow, regardless of the above, Pink Gallery to Mar Suite was interesting, amusing, and unashamedly savage. And, make no mistake, it is violent and pretty unfiltered. If the brutality had been diluted then the entire concept would have been weakened but, you have been warned; it’s vicious and visceral.
There is a lot of dialogue and internal monologuing. A large number of the chapters are purely Icy’s stream of consciousness, and it works. It enhances his malfunctioning mechanics, but the emotional nature of his thoughts also contrast with the fact he is an android. Although his murderous impulses are fully indulged and carried out with total remorselessness, there is a tiny kernel of self-reproach and consideration when it comes to relationships; both friendships and romantic liaisons.
Automatic writing does often have a tendency to become a bit too unhinged and, consequently, tiresome for the reader but, overall, it works well in Pink Gallery to Mar Suite. Icy’s ramblings are deceptively structured to not only develop his character, but move the narrative on. There is a full-on descent into madness toward the end, and Icy is aware of this, which makes it even more alarming.
Some of the dialogue could do with a touch more individuality but I found it quite amusing in places, especially some of the riffing between Icy and fellow android, A3-11. The sense of rising panic quickly turning to complete terror was also well conveyed by Malik the security guard in his exchange with Icy.
Pink Gallery to Mar Suite is an entertaining novel that effectively blurs the line between science fiction and horror. Well worth a look.
To be frank, this is not a genre I normally read, it’s not a particular favourite of mine. However, I enjoyed Pink Gallery to Mar Suite. It could be levelled that the premise is not new; rogue, disaffected robot with a possible conscience, but there was something fresh about this story.
Further, I felt there was a contemporary sub-text operating. Personally, Icy seemed to function as a loose metaphor for the current climate of general frustrated resentment and barely suppressed rage. He carries out the most heinous acts with complete impunity and emotional detachment and, in the interest of escapism, that can be quite satisfying reading.
Anyhow, regardless of the above, Pink Gallery to Mar Suite was interesting, amusing, and unashamedly savage. And, make no mistake, it is violent and pretty unfiltered. If the brutality had been diluted then the entire concept would have been weakened but, you have been warned; it’s vicious and visceral.
There is a lot of dialogue and internal monologuing. A large number of the chapters are purely Icy’s stream of consciousness, and it works. It enhances his malfunctioning mechanics, but the emotional nature of his thoughts also contrast with the fact he is an android. Although his murderous impulses are fully indulged and carried out with total remorselessness, there is a tiny kernel of self-reproach and consideration when it comes to relationships; both friendships and romantic liaisons.
Automatic writing does often have a tendency to become a bit too unhinged and, consequently, tiresome for the reader but, overall, it works well in Pink Gallery to Mar Suite. Icy’s ramblings are deceptively structured to not only develop his character, but move the narrative on. There is a full-on descent into madness toward the end, and Icy is aware of this, which makes it even more alarming.
Some of the dialogue could do with a touch more individuality but I found it quite amusing in places, especially some of the riffing between Icy and fellow android, A3-11. The sense of rising panic quickly turning to complete terror was also well conveyed by Malik the security guard in his exchange with Icy.
Pink Gallery to Mar Suite is an entertaining novel that effectively blurs the line between science fiction and horror. Well worth a look.
August 30, 2021
I’ll be honest, I didn’t expect to like this book. I thought it was going to be too sciency for me or to robot-ish, and I’m afraid of robots. I was pleasantly surprised, and I’m glad I gave it a chance. I didn't expect this to be a 5 star read for me, but I was hopeful. Sometimes I love surprises.
Half the time I forgot he was an android. I think that helped. ICQA-1037, (AKA: Icy) is neurotic and violent, but at the same time, entertaining to me. There were things he said that I couldn’t disagree with. I’m really afraid of robots and the whole idea of AI, so this book is a pretty much perfect example of why I have that fear. He’s programmed to be an assassin, but realizes he enjoys just killing in general. Which, to me, is scary as hell.
I enjoyed the pacing of this book. Bc it was more sci-fi-ish than I normally read, it took me a bit longer to read than most other books I try, but that’s not the author’s fault. I just can only do so much of this sort of thing at a time. So the pacing of this book was good for someone like me as well who has to read in a chapter or two at a time. It was easy to follow, even for someone like me. One of the things I was worried about was that I wouldn’t understand what was going on. That didn’t end up being a problem at all.
The action in this book was exciting as well. The violence was graphic and dark and I enjoyed every minute of it. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read before. If you’re looking for something dark, violent and a bit different, I recommend picking up Pink Gallery to Mar Suite.
Half the time I forgot he was an android. I think that helped. ICQA-1037, (AKA: Icy) is neurotic and violent, but at the same time, entertaining to me. There were things he said that I couldn’t disagree with. I’m really afraid of robots and the whole idea of AI, so this book is a pretty much perfect example of why I have that fear. He’s programmed to be an assassin, but realizes he enjoys just killing in general. Which, to me, is scary as hell.
I enjoyed the pacing of this book. Bc it was more sci-fi-ish than I normally read, it took me a bit longer to read than most other books I try, but that’s not the author’s fault. I just can only do so much of this sort of thing at a time. So the pacing of this book was good for someone like me as well who has to read in a chapter or two at a time. It was easy to follow, even for someone like me. One of the things I was worried about was that I wouldn’t understand what was going on. That didn’t end up being a problem at all.
The action in this book was exciting as well. The violence was graphic and dark and I enjoyed every minute of it. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever read before. If you’re looking for something dark, violent and a bit different, I recommend picking up Pink Gallery to Mar Suite.
August 28, 2021
An exploration of nihilistic hedonism
Reading at times like elements of Irvine Welsh's Choose Life speech from Trainspotting, Pink Gallery to Mar Suite has plenty of action. The narrative is quite scattered and runs out of chronological order, and it may confuse some readers, but its challenging structure rewards repeat reading. Blood and gore permeate too, as our hero, a malfunctioning android-turned-psychopath who breaches Asimov's Laws of Robotics, navigates his way through society while trying to determine why he is faulty.
Despite some minor misgivings in terms of contemporaneity and anachronism, a great read all-in-all.
Reading at times like elements of Irvine Welsh's Choose Life speech from Trainspotting, Pink Gallery to Mar Suite has plenty of action. The narrative is quite scattered and runs out of chronological order, and it may confuse some readers, but its challenging structure rewards repeat reading. Blood and gore permeate too, as our hero, a malfunctioning android-turned-psychopath who breaches Asimov's Laws of Robotics, navigates his way through society while trying to determine why he is faulty.
Despite some minor misgivings in terms of contemporaneity and anachronism, a great read all-in-all.
July 16, 2021
A defective killer robot that never shuts up.
A humorless version of Murderbot.
A humorless version of Murderbot.
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