Counting Heads Audiobook

" Good solid trash science fiction. "

" So awesome! Extremely clever and intriguing exploration of what our society might be like in a couple hundred years. AND well written too. Can't recommend highly enough. "

" Tiny type was hard to read. Invented words fun to figure out. Looking forward to book the second. "

" I was underwhelmed. I've had this on my to-read list for a long time, influenced by many positive reviews, and was excited to finally find it in e-book form. But while I finished the book, I found it really hard to "lose" myself in like I do with almost any book I enjoy. The best science fiction books are often initially difficult initially, and take a while to accept the author's fictional world / premise / characters - but then you are caught up and immersed in their stange and wonderful creations, and to me this is the special joy of science fiction. I never really got past the inital difficlties with Marusek's world, finding the world-set interesting but the characters and people unsympathetic / unengaging. "

" Well, Counting Heads was very different from any sci-fi I've read. Fascinating ideas about longevity, haves vs. have-nots, totalitarian states, nanotech... so plausibly thought out that it's hard to imagine the future rolling out in a very different way. Well-told with engaging characters, this book is guaranteed to get you thinking. "

" I couldn't put this down. Murder, melodrama, intrigue, AI, and killer action. Most exciting SF I've read since Neuromancer, and less one-dimensional. Marusek's Mind Over Ship is the sequel to this one. "

" Lots of sense of wonder in his world-building. But what the folks at book group said -- and I agree -- is that hardly anything gets wrapped up in this book. He seems to be saving a lot for later. "

" Wild ride into the future. So chock full of nanobots, clones, and AI (plus all the other macguffin technologies) to keep me engaged that I could nearly overlooked the underdeveloped characters (although I appreciate in one instance Marusek's wry acknowledgement of that being the case). "

" Fascinating and frustrating. Densely packed, bursting with ideas, and a convoluted story that pulls you along in the draft of its momentum before abruptly stopping. "Wait", you ask, "was that *it*?" "

" Awesome first novel. Reminded me of the joy of reading early William Gibson or Iain M. Banks science fiction novels. Highly recommended. "

" A wonderfully conceived future full of fascinating tech and social mores about which Marusek asks the next question, and the next, and the next... a must-read if you're into near-future stories approaching the Singularity. "

" Interesting view of a possible future would--makes you think! "

" It's good. Packed full of ideas, but sometimes let down by a fair amount of infodumpy passages. I'm looking forward to his later books, though. "

" One of the oddest sci-fi books I have ever read. I found it somewhat exhausting because the world in the book is so different. It was a compelling read, but there was something about it that found very disturbing. I'm not sure why. "

" One of my favorite sci-fi books of all time. It has quite a few compelling characters and ideas, and manages to capture it all in a slice of life narrative. "

" Dense sifi - plotline hard to follow "

" A glum dystopia that isn't even fun to visit. "

" Intriguing science fiction in the vein of Iain Banks. So far, so good. "

" One of my favorite sci-fi books of all time. It has quite a few compelling characters and ideas, and manages to capture it all in a slice of life narrative. "

" Lots of sense of wonder in his world-building. But what the folks at book group said -- and I agree -- is that hardly anything gets wrapped up in this book. He seems to be saving a lot for later. "

" I'm half way through the book and wondering where this is going to go, why it has deviated from the main character, and if I should bother to continue. It's not bad, but it's not wow'ing me either. "

" A very impressive work -- the sort of technology typical of a cyberpunk novel, but amidst the grimness and amorality there's a thread of real human kindness and love that informs the triumphant ending. "

" One of the oddest sci-fi books I have ever read. I found it somewhat exhausting because the world in the book is so different. It was a compelling read, but there was something about it that found very disturbing. I'm not sure why. "

" It's good. Packed full of ideas, but sometimes let down by a fair amount of infodumpy passages. I'm looking forward to his later books, though. "