- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (11 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1857988566
- ISBN-13: 978-1857988567
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.6 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,714,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the distant future, nanotechnology has got out of control. The inner solar system has been overrun by Mycora, atom-sized machines that devour everything they touch. Humanity has long since fled Earth for the cold reaches of the outer system, where the lack of heat and sunlight make it difficult--but not impossible--for the Mycora to bloom. Life in the Immunity is hard, and the survivors of humanity face the constant onslaught of the ever-evolving Mycora. But if they are to survive, the remaining humans must try to learn what happened to Earth, and whether the Mycora are finding ways to overcome their susceptibility to cold. When the Immunity mounts an expedition to plant probes on Earth's polar caps, shoemaker and aspiring journalist John Stasheim is asked to come along to chronicle the journey. He soon learns that the trip will be fraught with as many political dangers as nanotech ones, and that the Mycora are both more and less than they seem. An excellent SF novel along the lines of Greg Bear's Blood Music, but with more action and plot. Wil McCarthy is a writer to watch. --Craig E. Engler, Amazon.com
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A brilliantly imaginative sf novel destined to have the same impact as Greg Bear's EON and BLOOD MUSIC
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Almost a sequel to Blood Music, very well written.,
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This review is from: Bloom (Paperback)
There are a few books I've read that always affect me the same way, 'hard to put down' doesn't really describe them. Life & commitments slip, when I'm not reading 'the' book, where the plot is going is always on my mind. Not being able to guess the plot always plays a factor in this. Bloom is one of these books. Similar concepts to Greg Bears Blood Music, however this book stands on it's own and takes your imagination further still. It's the kind of book that has you thinking how the plot & characters would continue after the book has ended.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good concept - but drawn out,
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This review is from: Bloom (Paperback)
Some great ideas - but takes a while to get to the real story - then the first part of the book a bit pointless.all the real action in the last fifth of the book - but its worth waiting for - some great ideas and concepts - which is why we read Sci-Fi in the first palce. Is it not?
3.0 out of 5 stars
Decent,
By A Customer
This review is from: Bloom (Paperback)
The wryly amusing narrator leads us through his hair-raising adventure with some aplomb, and the plotting is taut enough, the ideas sufficiently intriguing, to make this a highly enjoyable read. Just maybe the ending is a bit rushed, although I had kind of 'foreseen' it anyway so wouldn't have cared to linger. Recommended if not life changing stuff.
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