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Format:Mass Market Paperback
The other reviewer seemed to miss the point... this is not a straight-up Sci-Fi book. It's a deliberate, and very funny, pastiche on sci-fi and detective fiction, striking a great balance between the two. I love both genres, Sci-Fi and detective stories of all kinds, and Martinez has created a brilliant plot with a very likable main character that takes everything great about detective stories and sets it in an Earth future Sci-Fi plot. Add in a great, dry sense of humour and some robots, mutants, evil gang bosses and more and I couldn't have read this book faster.
Format:Paperback
There is still a lot of humor and fun in this book but martinez's style has changed. This science fiction novel has everything a good story needs. A nice plot, a great main character and bone crushing action.
It's not The diner and it's not the company. Nor is it the Witch. But if Martinez keeps this style he will still become a great writer
It's not The diner and it's not the company. Nor is it the Witch. But if Martinez keeps this style he will still become a great writer
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Format:Mass Market Paperback
If you are into real sci fi or literature I recommend you stay away from this. The plot is weak, the dialogue cliched, the world created doesn't feel real in any sense. The technology used feels tacked on to act as plot devices. This is a book for young teenagers to maybe get them into reading but not for anyone who has read anything more. See Iain M. Banks, Alastair Reynolds, Ken Macleod, Stephan Baxter, Greg Egan, Richard Morgan. Reading this afterwards is like reading a poorly written comic book. This was recommended to me by a New Scientist list of the Top 10 best Sci-Fi detective novels, included on the list with Altered Carbon (Richard Morgan) and The Caves of Steel (Asimov). An absolute travesty. A short quote from the book:
The spider robot clomped its way over to us. "What is the meaning of this, Warner? You should not have brought them here."
"Oh, let them see, Dr Zarg. They've the right, seeing as how this is the boy's family and Mr Megaton has gone to such trouble to be here."
"You're getting careless."
"And you worry too much. Every step of our assimilation has gone exactly as planned."
Zarg emitted a harsh screech "enough, Warner, your harsh blathering is inadvisable!"
The spider robot clomped its way over to us. "What is the meaning of this, Warner? You should not have brought them here."
"Oh, let them see, Dr Zarg. They've the right, seeing as how this is the boy's family and Mr Megaton has gone to such trouble to be here."
"You're getting careless."
"And you worry too much. Every step of our assimilation has gone exactly as planned."
Zarg emitted a harsh screech "enough, Warner, your harsh blathering is inadvisable!"
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