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Brass Man (Ian Cormac) (Hardcover)

by Neal Asher (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 432 pages
  • Publisher: Tor (15 April 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405001380
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405001380
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.4 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 436,973 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Next novel in the 'Gridlinked' sequence, with the resurrection of the terrifying Mr Crane, a massive android kiling machine...and one with a grudge. The knight errant Anderson is hunting a dragon on the primitive Out-Polity world of Cull, little knowing that far away a man - more technology than human flesh - has resurrected a brass killing machine to assist in a similar hunt that encompasses star systems. When agent Cormac learns that his old enemy still lives, he sets out in pursuit aboard the attack ship Jack Ketch...whilst scientist Mika begins discovering the horrifying truth about that ancient technology ostensibly produced by the alien Jain, who died out five million years ago. The people of Cull must struggle desperately to survive on a planet roamed by ferocious insectile monsters, while they build the industrial base that will enable them to reach their forefathers' starship still orbiting far above them. An entity calling itself Dragon assists them, but its motives are questionable having created genetic by-blows of humans and the hideous local autochthons, before growing bored with that game. And now Cull, for millennia geologically inactive, suffers earthquakes...Meanwhile the brass killing machine, Mr Crane, seeks to escape a bloody past he can neither forget nor truly remember. So mindlessly he will continues his search for sanity, which he might find in an instant or not for a thousand years.


About the Author

Born and still living in Essex, Neal Asher started writing SF at the age of sixteen. Since then he has had numerous stories published in magazines and book form, most recently his full-length novels GRIDLINKED, THE SKINNER, THE LINE OF POLITY and COWL.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brass Man, 15 April 2005
This is a superb book. It is fast paced with great characterisation and enough origional ideas for a dozen other books.
There are psycopathic androids, silicon demigods, parasitic biological technologies and horrific indigeonous lifeforms. The action scenes cover battles across solar systems between AI ships down to individuals fighting in ways both physical and mental.
The book contains several plot threads which twist together to form a satisfying ending with just enough loose ends to make me eager for the next one.
This is the third Cormac book, although it could be read alone knowing the backstory makes for a better read.
If you like SF you should give this a go.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but not quite Iain Banks yet..., 7 Aug 2005
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Good, but incredibly dense. He's obviously wanted to have the Iain M. Banks style multiple plots running, but unlike Banks, he doesn't quite pull it off. Not enough about Cormac, and not enough about Mr Crane to be quite honest.

There was a lot of digression into stuff that never quite seemed important - the fate of the human colonists - I never really cared that much about them, because they were never really developed as characters. Putting them then in peril didn't really grab me that much.

But some excellent technology, and for the first time he explores the motivations of the various AI denizens of his universe, although the Polity is starting to resemble the Culture quite markedly - not bad thing in some ways, but Banks skirts the border of Deus Ex Machine very closely at times, and not many authors could do that without stepping over the line.

This book is at its best when in the hard science mode - some of the technology ideas are excellent and could be explained even further.

Overall an enjoyable read, but not up to the standard of 'Consider Phlebas', or even Asher's early 'Gridlinked'.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Asher stuff, 1 Jan 2007
By Roy Larke (UK) - See all my reviews
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Another excellent book from Neal Asher. I'd had it a while and only just got round to reading it over hte holidays, so I've forgotten something of the previous stories it's based upon, but that didn't detract at all. The ideas about AI and VR technology and how it will effect human life in the future are intriguing and, for me at least, philosophically sound even if still science fiction. Asher has some strong characters in the excellent Mr. Crane, on whom the book is based and about which the story finally unfolds, Ian Cormac and his team. But I really enjoyed the more "low tech" stories of Anderson and the fantastically imaginative fauna from his world. Dragon also seemed far more plausible than in the past. Really good stuff. Much better put together and easier to read than Cowl. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah for Mr Crane
Neil Asher's Ian Cormac in a grand space opera setting. Enjoyed the book, have now finished the whole saga of Ian Cormac and I'm glad I did. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Dr. Stephen Culshaw

5.0 out of 5 stars Off we go again
Just when I wanted a bit more of the craxzed Brass Android he is delievered. This time with some serious development of the JAIN technology which opens another astounding level... Read more
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Following on from the events in `Line of Polity', Ian Cormac, and a coterie of AIs are on the trail of Skellor, a scientist fast becoming subsumed by viral Jain technology... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Rod Williams

4.0 out of 5 stars Leaves one wanting to know more
I was interested to note in the preface that Neal was inspired to write this book because of people writing asking to know more about Mr Crane. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2006 by C. J. Rees

5.0 out of 5 stars My 100-word book review
Brass Man, the latest book in Neal Asher's Polity series develops into a rip-roaring action-filled dynamo of an SF novel once you get past the initial flashback sequences... Read more
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Brass Man is a good book in the Neal Asher genre,but having read the previous Cormac novels I felt it was time to develop his main characters more,particularly Cormac himself... Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2005 by richtea_1

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Story Telling
An excellent read but I agree with the reviewer who said that his civilization is beginning to resemble the Culture, I will be interested to see if this continues with his future... Read more
Published on 12 Oct 2005 by C. Jack

4.0 out of 5 stars Involving
Keeps up the generally high standard of the series.
Published on 1 Sep 2005 by C. Jack

5.0 out of 5 stars Another massive success
I couldn't put it down. No, I really mean it - I tried, but every time I felt drawn, pulled back to those printed pages. Read more
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