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| Singularity Sky by Charles Stross | ||||
| 2003 |
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Reviewed 03.07.2007 | ||
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Singularity Sky by Charles Stross suffers
from barely-portrayed characters whom the reader barely gets to know, a
weak plot driven mostly by the motivations of an unlikely interstellar,
imperial version of Russia and a rather weak theme. (Overly-censored and
overly-controlling governments - or revolutions - squelch freedom and innovation?
Really? Huh, you learn something new every day.) There are a couple of bright ideas here - a coalescing god-like intelligence protecting itself by preventing timeline tinkering, possible avenues of post-human existence given easy access to cybernetic and readily configurable nanotechnologies, as well as the inhuman travel methods employed by the Festival - but they are lost in the dross of Stross's poor plot and theme choices and the lack of any sort of attachment to any of the characters in the story. |
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