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rated it 5 stars
Feb 26, 2015 11:40AM
Just Addy and I so far. All are welcome to join.
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I'm going to stalk you guys in this one, Watts is one of my favorite authors!
I'm already spending too much time on his five pages of quotes.https://www.goodreads.com/author/quot...
I'm here:) I'm prob about 5%. It kinda reminds me of Extant, a series that was on tv that was pretty awesome!
I haven't seen that yet but it's on my wish list.
I'm gonna take a chunk out of this one! IOW, I'm working on this one....now!
What's up with Siri's mother? I didn't quite get it. She's living in a simulated world or something?
I think it's the "great digital upload" of afterlife, making heaven and hell obsolete.
Thanks! There is a lot of lingo I don't get and a lot of telling. I'm hanging in there though:)
This is my second round I'm I'm picking up a lot of things I missed the first time. It's a meaty read.
The idea of digital immortality kinda scares the hell outta me.
Yes, I agree. Very scary to imagine.
So is it that people are dead yet still live in digitally? Again, im not sure if I'm getting everything.
Addy wrote: "So is it that people are dead yet still live in digitally? Again, im not sure if I'm getting everything."Yeah, he mentioned something called the great digital upload when people started literally digitizing themselves and living forever in a virtual reality. This book is packed with heavy, bizarre concepts. I need to set it down every now and then, rinse my brain with whiskey, and then commence reading.
I'm gonna be lazy and copy paste my review. That way I don't have to think of anything original to say. I bumped this up a star after the second read. It's not the author's fault that I'm too dumb to appreciate this in its full five star entirety. Some (a lot) of this was far over my head but I can honestly say I've never read anything like it.
Hard sci-fi and horror haven't crossed paths like this since Who Goes There?. Some of that was also far over my head until John Carpenter turned it into THE THING and then my dumb ass was like 'oh yeah, that's terrifying.' If you are a fan of this genre combo you should at least give this a shot. You owe it to yourself.
As of now, this is still available FREE from the book's Goodreads page. If the book turns out to be smarter than you are, I promise I will only mock you a little. If you were smarter than the book, I don't wanna hear it.
To all: smart and dumb included - there's a sequel :)
And kids, stay in science class.
Nice review Eleven, lol. I may take on the sequel next month...
Maxine wrote: "Nice review Eleven, lol. I may take on the sequel next month..."Gracias. I put a hold on the sequel last night. Even the stuff I don't understand is still pretty cool.
