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Dreaming In Smoke (Paperback)

by Tricia Sullivan (Author)
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (12 Aug 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752816829
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752816821
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 973,189 in Books (See Bestsellers 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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The Wilds of T'Nane are uninhabitable, but the frontiersmen and women based there are doing their best to terraform it just enough to make life bearable. They are aided by the AI Ganesh who regulates the systems that keep the station running and by the scientists who use cyber-assisted Dreaming to boost their capabilities. When Azamat Marcsson throws the system into chaos and disappears, Kalypso Deed is staring certain death in the face. She must get Marcsson back on line fast. But when she finds him, Marcsson pulls Kalypso deeper into trouble than she may ever be able to escape.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A very good book if you give it a chance, 23 Feb 2000
This review is from: Dreaming in Smoke (Paperback)
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. While you are waiting for the attack of the Xytlatsor Fuzzatt you miss the real beauty of this book. Trica as built not only her own world ecosystem etc but a completely model for life in the universe. It really gives and insight into a system "we could not possibly understand" if that makes sense. The sheer orginaility the biosystem becomes core to an excellent read, truwly worthy of the 1999 AC Clarke Award. While not as well written as Mr Clrake word there are some gems here that shine brighter under the correct light. And yes, I know I cannot spelll.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Unfathomable science but some nice concepts on colonisation, 2 Dec 2005
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. But unfortunately despite finishing the book I was very much left with the feeling of having missed out rather than having been drawn in. If only the descriptions of an alien ecology had been more accessible then I would have got much more from the experience.

All in all it was not worth reading unfortunately.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not thrilling, but interesting and well written, 24 Jan 2001
By M. J. Farncombe "m_farncombe" (Guildford UK) - See all my reviews
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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.
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2.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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
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2.0 out of 5 stars Complex and unusual. This book will not appeal to every one
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping and thoughtful - what SF ought to be
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. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars A surprisingly good roller-coaster ride
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