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The Accord (Paperback)

by Keith Brooke (Author)
3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Solaris (2 Mar 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1844167100
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844167104
  • Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.6 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 271,391 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Brains vs. Brawn in virtuality, 31 May 2009
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In Keith Brooke's novel, earth is going to hell in a handcart under the burdens of overpopulation and climate change. Noah Barakh is the architect of the the Accord, the virtual reality to which people can be uploaded after their death on this earth, a kind of secular heaven. Straining available computing resources, the Accord soon migrates to some kind of superpositional quantum state (physics a bit dubious here) where it turns out that there will be many Accords, a kind of 'many virtual worlds' interpretation of QM then.

The Accord is actually a love story: brain and brawn competing for the feisty Priscilla. The brawn is elector Jack Burnham, a 'big man' who is used to getting what he wants and utterly ruthless in his methods. What he mostly wants is to possess his wife Priscilla and kill the man she has become attracted to, Professor Noah Barakh. This vendetta moves from real space-time to the Accord virtuality and then through many alternative virtual worlds.

Initially I thought the writing was a bit self-consciously clunky, but the pace soon gets up and the novel becomes a bit of a page turner. Brooke's characters are never less than real and what a scary bunch they are. He has a real feel for the dangerousness of powerful, implacable men. And this is a well-imagined description of what virtuality could really be like. With complex heros and antiheros, sex and violence, high-concept tech-extrapolation and a racy and intricate plot, what's not to like?
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4.0 out of 5 stars Modern take on What Dream's may Come, 24 May 2009
By Gareth Wilson "drosdelnoch2" - See all my reviews
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An absolute corker of a tale that really does get the reader to think and a tale that takes Sci-Fi into a slightly new direction. Brookes "The Accord" is in basis a modern digital retelling of Matheson's "What Dream's May Come" and whilst it contains a number of similarities, the author really does make this a tale of their own. Its quirky, it has wonderful characterisation and above all it's a tale where love is the ultimate goal even if it is digitally and only an imprint of the human psyche. Definitely a tale to savour and whilst the past and the present collide within the context of the tale and the odd character feels a little bit 2 dimensional, it's the strength of the principle protagonists beliefs as well as desires that will have you routing for the guy who should get the object of his desire.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but no cigar, 9 April 2009
By P. Ward "Avid Reader" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This is a very decent scifi opera, which will not disappoint fans of the genre. My main problem is that it starts well and ends well, but gets a bit "lost" in the middle.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Discord about The Accord
Some times you get to point in a book when you wonder if it will ever end. In a souped-up virtual world called The Accord, three characters, an unflappable, all-knowing Professor... Read more
Published 21 days ago by A. J. Poulter

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting concept, but disappointing
So, the Accord, a virtual heaven to download your memories into when you die. This is an idea that has been done before, and I'm sure it will be done again. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mark Chitty

4.0 out of 5 stars Brain vs. brawn in virtuality
In Keith Brooke's novel, earth is going to hell in a handcart under the burdens of overpopulation and climate change. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nigel Seel

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable but uneven
This was an enjoyable read although the delivery didn't quite match expectations. The story switches between physical reality and a virtual reality that has been achieved and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by D. P. Mankin

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