If I had to choose who wrote which parts, I would refuse to try since the prose, style and diction are almost indistinguishable. [I have no idea why the main character "Huw" liked "Bonnie". Except for the solitary lighthouse beam that perpetually tracks the Earth in its orbit, the system from outside resembles a spherical fogbank radiating in the infrared spectrum; a matryoshka brain, nested Dyson spheres built from the dismantled bones of moons and planets.The splintery metaconsciousness of the solar system has largely sworn off its pre-posthuman cousins dirtside, but its minds sometimes wander nostalgiawise. I was seriously thinking of abandoning the book.I was seriously poised to say something like "Great story. "Ah. Our POV EveryWo/Man techno-phobe, Huw, gets dragged along like Rincewind on a mission to Save Humanity – err, whatever that means post-uplift, post-singularity – that s/he profoundly resists being part of. De minimum exemptions to copyright are real. Me, I like a zany romp. The second half is where the plot and deeper themes really start to hit home and everything starts to tie together nicely (where plenty of “Ah ha!” moments happen). Working in the publishing industry is virtually a vow of poverty. ""And you," says Huw, rising. Macmillan, Sep 4, 2012 - Fiction - 349 pages. Permission is hereby granted to convert the files below to other formats. She is evidently cool and not self-hating, so why she takes up with Hew or pursues him is a mystery. --Nerd Like You About the Author. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. What tripped me up was the dour, unlikeable protagonist, Hew, whose racist and transphobic point of view we are expected to follow.
Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or another of the swarming densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecular machinery so thick that it obscures the sun. Welcome to the fractured future, at the dusk of the twenty-first century. A third of the way through, I was ready for 2 stars, and reading only because I remembered the preview as being pretty good; it was reading like the worst parts of Doctorow crossed with cutting-floor scraps from Stross's _Accelerando_ (general advice: if you haven't read _Accelerando_ yet, I strongly strongly recommend it over _Rapture of the Nerds_).I've never read Doctorow before but I've read quite a few Stross novels and this fits squarely in his techno-geek SF vein of novels, quite similar to Accelerando in style, theme and even plot to some extent.I've never read Doctorow before but I've read quite a few Stross novels and this fits squarely in his techno-geek SF vein of novels, quite similar to Accelerando in style, theme and even plot to some extent.Post-singularity scifi is always weird, but Doctorow & Stross do an excellent job of describing the weirdness rationally in a way that feels more scifi than fantasy. About Reviews Buy it Download e-book Donate a copy About the authors.
You have the right to make Rights are like muscles. Stop asking for stuff you can take without permission. Those who are unhappy have emigrated, joining one or another of the swarming densethinker clades that fog the inner solar system with a dust of molecular machinery so thick that it obscures the sun. Like a chump, I bought the hardcover so to get my money's worth I'm going to hollow it out and keep Never start a book with Chapter 1: Jury Service. OK, VERY uneven. Welcome back. The uploaded entities--upgraded humans, AIs, and who knows what else--occasionally take interest in Earth, mostly in spamming it with plans for devices that could threaten old-fashioned embodied life. Retarded. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in a preserve at the bottom of a gravity well. You will, of course, have documents attesting to that before you clear our immigration? When that happens, it casually spams Earth's RF spectrum with plans for cataclysmically disruptive technologies that emulsify whole industries, cultures, and spiritual systems.A sane species would ignore these get-evolved-quick schemes, but there's always Whether the enlightened, occulting smartcloud sends out its missives as pranks, poison, or care packages is up for debate. Of course, I would make a typo in a post about a typo..The link to the .txt version is broken. ""Then we will see you soon." Simply remove “_kindle” from the url and it works just fine.Thanks for sharing. September 9, 2012 / Cory Doctorow. For the most part, they are happy with their lot, living in … Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. It truly is an enjoyable book that is well worth your time, for the humor and descriptions alone. I enjoyed it because I'm just a big nerd, I guess.I'm not sure I'd recommend this book to most people.