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Tristan | 2/12/2014
" Good solid trash science fiction. "
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Jennifer | 2/6/2014
" 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. "
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Squeaky | 2/1/2014
" Tiny type was hard to read. Invented words fun to figure out. Looking forward to book the second. "
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Alex Rogers | 1/18/2014
" 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. "
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Molly | 1/17/2014
" 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. "
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Ben | 1/10/2014
" 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. "
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Carolyn | 1/9/2014
" 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. "
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Tim | 1/2/2014
" 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). "
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Jack | 11/15/2013
" 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*?" "
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Christopher | 11/14/2013
" Awesome first novel. Reminded me of the joy of reading early William Gibson or Iain M. Banks science fiction novels. Highly recommended. "
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Christopher McKitterick | 11/7/2013
" 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. "
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Lydia | 7/9/2013
" Interesting view of a possible future would--makes you think! "
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Gareth | 4/25/2013
" 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. "
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Kristina | 3/25/2013
" 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. "
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Billycongo | 3/13/2013
" 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. "
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Springtxman | 7/1/2012
" Dense sifi - plotline hard to follow "
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Dan | 3/30/2012
" A glum dystopia that isn't even fun to visit. "
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Fred | 7/18/2011
" Intriguing science fiction in the vein of Iain Banks. So far, so good. "
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Billycongo | 6/16/2011
" 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.
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Carolyn | 4/8/2011
" 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.
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Made | 1/21/2011
" 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.
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Leigh | 9/22/2010
" 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.
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Kristina | 9/10/2010
" 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.
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Gareth | 7/31/2010
" 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.
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Ari | 6/9/2010
" So excited to discover this author. Amazing stuff. Like the best speculative fiction, this book is full of ideas all of which would be game-changing in our own world. Each sets off a chain of thought exercises - and that's just the landscape! In the tradition of Gibson and Sterling.
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