Moxyland Audiobook

" I REALLY wanted to like this book ... the premise, what little there was seemed great, and if you get endorsements from William Gibson, the godfather of the genre you're writing in, your book simply must be great, right? Wrong. Beukes had a lot of great ideas, and 4 compelling characters, but what she didn't have was a plot. She had these four people go along in their lives, and threw them all together Traffic style in the last 50 pages. I felt this book was a real struggle to get through, but I also think Beukes was socially commenting on assorted issues, she just kinda had no point. But maybe that's the pitfalls of coming from journalism and writing your first work of fiction. I'm actually looking forward to Zoo City, her next book. Hopefully that has a better payoff. "

" I wanted to like this more than I did. I kept getting confused by the shifting perspectives. Maybe this is because I was reading in spread out spurts instead of a few long sittings. It's not it, it's me! Will still read more of her books as they come out (already have Zoo City). "

" I loved the idea behind this story. It's constant online connection taken to its extreme form showing just how clear the divide between the haves and have-nots is. In a utopian society, everyone would have free and easy access to the internet. In this society, access is determined by your social class and your social class, in turn, determines your access. People working for the corporations stay in their corporate areas with their high-tech gadgets and are well insulated from the problems the rest of their society faces. The middle-class have--and need-their phones for everything from communication to purchases to access to different societal spaces (and that access is limited when compared to that of the corporate class). And people without phones are the lowest of the low, unable to even access certain physical spaces. Throw in branding, activism, terrorism, and some corporate headhunting that might end in death and you've got Moxyland. "

" This book was so disappointing. It started out slow and when it finally picked up, it dead ended. It's almost like the author got bored with writing and just wanted it to be over. "

" Wonderful, really out-there spec fic set in South Africa. "

" This is the closest to good, old-time cyberpunk that I've read in quite some time. I've been on a sci-fi kick lately, and this is what started it. "

" Good cyberpunk sensibilities, rather irritating characters but entertaining story. "

" This book zooms! "

" Not quite as good as Zoo City, but still, really, really, good. I do so love a good dystopia. "

" A pretty good Cyberpunk style novel with all the expected ingredients, technology, opression, conspiracy... dystopia. Not a very distant future and not particularly techno or geeky so a reasonably easy read for the genre. Nothing particularly revelationary but competently written and well paced. "

" Good but derivative of earlier cyberpunk works; feels familiar despite happening in a different milieu "

" A fresh, updated look at cyberpunk for the 21st century. Very entertaining. "

" It was good. Took me a while to catch onto the lingo both future speak and the South Africa references, but good brain candy. A dystopian future awaits us! "

" Enjoyed this a lot. Quintessentially South African, but that is not a bad thing, as it was ultimately the novels intention. I would definitely read more set in this milieu. "

" This was up for a Campbell, though it (she) didn't win. I like the story and the scene, but the writing style and diction were a bit... off-putting. "

" Not quite as good as Zoo City, but still, really, really, good. I do so love a good dystopia. "

" Good but derivative of earlier cyberpunk works; feels familiar despite happening in a different milieu "

" This is the closest to good, old-time cyberpunk that I've read in quite some time. I've been on a sci-fi kick lately, and this is what started it. "

" I'm very impressed by this novel. It creates a truly funky dystopia with Cape Town as a background. Somewhere between satire and science fiction. "

" I wanted to like this more than I did. I kept getting confused by the shifting perspectives. Maybe this is because I was reading in spread out spurts instead of a few long sittings. It's not it, it's me! Will still read more of her books as they come out (already have Zoo City). "

" I've totally fallen in love with Lauren Beukes. Like Zoo City, Moxyland is set in a not-too-distant South Africa. She populates this tech-obsessed world with 4 great characters. "

" Enjoyed this a lot. Quintessentially South African, but that is not a bad thing, as it was ultimately the novels intention. I would definitely read more set in this milieu. "