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Candle (Mass Market Paperback)

by John Barnes (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books (Dec 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0812589688
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812589689
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 840,926 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and thought provoking., 21 Dec 2000
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John Barnes starts with the idea of a computer program that can be run in the human brain, and communicates with the main computer via a 'jack' embedded in the person's skull. Earth has been battered by a series of wars, which were latterly between different AI s and their human semi-slaves, but now there is global peace as the AI 'One True' controls everyone. The control is beneficial to the human race as a whole, as all people are encouraged to work for the common good, and are allowed some personal freedom.

A few people resisted the control of 'One True' and lived wild in the northern woods; they are known as cowboys. Currie Curran is a cowboy hunter, brought back from retirement by