- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (12 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752816829
- ISBN-13: 978-0752816821
- Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 901,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Remember the first time you picked up Neuromancer or Snow Crash and found yourself bewitched by the succubus of cyberpunk, enthralled by new worlds and dimensions, your imagination pummelled into impossible configurations? Nowadays, the term conjures up recycled nightmarish visions of Blade Runner-esque cityscapes and humanoids either hyped up on technodrugs or jacked into the mainframe. In fact, these have defined the genre for so long that you may not realise that other possibilities exist until you read Dreaming in Smoke. How many SF books have you read that combine cyberpunk, hard science and worldbuilding in one smooth, gripping volume? Tricia Sullivan, praised as one of the finest new talents in the field by David Brin, has crafted an utterly fresh view of our interaction with artificial intelligences. Her characters, the protagonist Kalypso, the scientist Marcsson, the AI Ganesh and the unyielding alien planet T'nane are drawn in vivid, seductive detail, while the plot evolves in an exquisitely riveting course toward uncharted horizons, breathing new life into old ideas. At last, cyberfiction has escaped the confines of dark, fetid futures, matured beyond the adrenaline and attitude and is free to reach into all areas of SF and the universe at large. --Jhan
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One moment of inattention and Kalypso has started a chain reaction that could send her far-flung colony home into meltdown...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Although it rarely grips you, this story of a group of colonists fighting for survival on an alien world is never boring. The descriptions of the alien lifeforms are vivid, if a little incomprehensible, but the fragmentation of the society into groups, the insane, outcasts, the original colonists (male and female) and their children is compelling. A good piece of science fiction, and worth a read. I wanted to drown the heroine, though.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought the book because it won the Arthur C. Clarke award and I was intrigued. What a pleasant surprise to find an award winner that's actually fun. It's a real page turner and I had a hard job putting it down - and it's thought provoking too. This is what I used to love about the SF I read when I was younger. People who liked this book would also enjoy "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Approaching this book with an open mind, I wasn't quite sure what to expect - how cyberpunk would it be? Well, call it what you will, after a slow start as we are introduced to the character Kalypso and her underachieving "so what?" attitude, it only gets better. An imaginative and gripping approach that was fresh to me.
I enjoyed reading this book although there were instances where it felt that there was a very sectioned approach - you knew that you were being transitioned between the start, the middle and the end.
The imagery that Tricia uses is very vivid and it was easily possible to feel yourself in the middle of nowhere with only the strange patterns of the Luma, or locked into a strange dream state where data is images and sensory stimuli.
It contained some clever twists and at no point was I bored. I look forward to seeing the next book from this author - if she maintains this level of narrative it should be a corker.
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Unfathomable science but some nice concepts on colonisation
I found descriptions of alien life in this book mostly incomprehensible. The interactions of the human colonials was fun and character development was done adequately. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2005 by Simon Alman
Muddled
I managed to read the first three chapters of this book in the hope that it would improve, but at that stage i decided to give up on it. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2001 by r.boreham@natcen.ac.uk
Very enjoyable completely engrossing book.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and was completely immersed in the world Tricia Sullivan created. Although it took me a good few pages to get into the story it was well worth it. Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2000 by j_naji@hotmail.com
Complex and unusual. This book will not appeal to every one
After reading this book I was not sure what the author was getting at, if anything. It is a complecated read, not easy by any means, and after I got 2/3 of the way through I was... Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2000 by Its All About Spirit
A very good book if you give it a chance
Tricia's choice of names Calypso Deed, T'name etc etc gets the book off to a bad start, it feels like a 3rd grade english student essay. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2000 by david.benson@mindshareworld.com
A surprisingly good roller-coaster ride
Approaching this book with an open mind, I wasn't quite sure what to expect - how cyberpunk would it be? Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2000
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