- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: Bantam USA (Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553577026
- ISBN-13: 978-0553577020
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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The notion of identity has become clouded in a future where the Watchers are able to inhabit the bodies of well-paid slaves through satellite links. Two people who have become surrogate bodies have two entirely different takes on the experience. Adrien Reyes views the link as a trap he needs to escape, while Sabina Lazarich sees it as a chance at true empathy. But neither knows that the experimental brain implant, I, could give a dying Watcher a second chance, and it has targeted one of them as a host.
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* First rate sf from a hot new talent based in the UK - will appeal to the fans of William Gibson, Neal Stephenson and Pat Cadigan * From the highly acclaimed author of LETHE and SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME: * ' A cool noir plot allows the reader to explore deeply realised characters, who in turn highlight the sophisticated themes of the plot; a feedback narrative structure with the kind of balance that only A-list writers are capable of. So much so, this is a book which the contemporary novelists of 2020 will aspire to write' Peter F Hamilton * 'SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME starts off good - and then gets better. By the end it's quite amazing... Read it' SFX'
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book features people who are able to experience the experiences of other people via the use of a computer chip in their brain. This book explores fairly well the problems and interactions that this brings about. The interactions and conflicts caused create the focus of the story, but there is a good portion of action.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Fun; filled with great ideas; impressive use of language!
30 July 1999
Format:Paperback
This is one of the best sci-fi books I have ever read. It is a tightly-plotted, well written novel that takes you places you've never been, and makes you think about everything from this media-driven world, to the nature of the divine. All while being thoroughly entertaining!
By far the most impressive thing about this book for me was Ms. Sullivan's use of language. I found myself amazed on nearly every page by the freshness of her descriptions. Describing a sunset as being the color of ripe cantaloupe. Ah, to be able to write like that!
In short, this is a fun, fun book that is also quite thought provoking and full of genuine literary merit. Buy this one!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Satisfying
7 Sep 1999
Format:Paperback
Solid, satisfying and well-plotted, 'Someone to Watch Over Me' demonstrates an interest in identity and the body Tricia Sullivan shares with many of the cyberpunks and in particular, Pat Cadigan. But this is post-cyberpunk with better language - rich vivid and dense at times but never off the point.
Like some other recent SF writers she sets up characters who look like cyberpunk stereotypes (karate-kicking street kid with a heart of gold etc.), but who in fact turn out to vulnerable, messed-up and, well, human.
But it's missing something that I can't quite work out... perhaps a particular spark of originality that would have made it something really special.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Vivid account of living vicariously in the very near future.
5 Aug 1997
Format:Paperback
Ms. Sullivan's lucid writing takes the reader into the hearts, minds, and landscapes ("he wore New York like a mantle") of her subjects as vividly as the novel's victims are inhabited by their "watchers."
"Someone.." is a frightening and literate vision of what technology and misplaced power could hold in the very near future
"Someone.." is a frightening and literate vision of what technology and misplaced power could hold in the very near future
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