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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit (7 Mar. 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1841499404
  • ISBN-13: 978-1841499406
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 2.6 x 19.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
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Insightful and ingenious . . . Intrusion is both horrific and comic, and deals movingly with the consequences of genetic fixes (GUARDIAN)

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A disturbing and critically acclaimed novel with sinister echoes of 1984 and BRAVE NEW WORLD, from the award-winning author described by SFX as 'the modern day George Orwell'

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5.0 out of 5 starsThis is what the future is like...
By D. Harris TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 5 Mar. 2012
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I'd been looking forward to this book, and it was definitely worth the wait.

As with MacLeod's other recent books, "Intrusion" is set in a very credible near-future which initially bears more resemblance to a thriller than to science fiction. It is, I think, really three books in one. The opening section is the one described in the blurb. Mother to be Hope faces a dilemma: whether to take "the fix", a marvel of "syn bio" (the endpoint of systematic genetic engineering) which would "cure" any potential genetic abnormalities of her future child.

The Fix isn't compulsory - not exactly - but this is a world where the needs of the foetus are placed so far ahead of those of the mother that most women of childbearing age can't work (whether pregnant or not) in case they encounter decades old "fourth hand smoke" seeping from the structure of the workplace. They are strongly encouraged to wear monitor rings, which record any contact with noxious substances, and are banned from drinking alcohol unless provably not pregnant.

Methods of persuasion are therefore employed to encourage Hope to take the Fix. She would have a get out if she claimed to be religious, but she isn't. What should she do?

MacLeod portrays a scary future, a creepy, surveiled world where - for society's good - AIs trawl one's phone logs and movement records, putting 2 and 2 together, and no adult would dare be alone with a child unless monitored by cameras.

The second theme develops from this and is summarised in a conversation between postdoc Geena and her supervisor. Geena is observing a group of Syn Bio engineers for her research into how science is done, but has run into a little trouble and asks for help.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsUnintrusively effective
By Russell on 26 Feb. 2012
Format: Hardcover
I was delighted to see the stark white cover of Macleod's latest on the bookshop shelves - and it didn't disappoint. Many writers describe dystopias and utopias, few plot a plausible path from here to there. Macleod succeeds in depicting the sinister and insidious descent into a particularly British kind of authoritarianism. The prevailing ideology is the 'free and social market' where the state makes for you the choices you would have made if you were a rational actor with perfect information in a free market. Interrogation and torture are ritualised in a relatively painless but psychologically disturbing manner. You can 'dissent' from prevailing norms, but only if you subscribe to an approved list of beliefs permitting conscientious objection.

Within this society (and a relatively 'low tech' near future compared to some of his novels) Macleod weaves a story of a not-so ordinary family spread across suburbia and the highlands, with a semi-mystical sub-plot and subtle sting in the tail, which is well planned and foreshadowed to unite the two plots. 'Subtle' is a good word to sum up the book, which quietly implants all sorts of doubts about our direction of travel more effectively than a dozen libertarian rants. Macleod also picks up on recurring themes of barbarism, environmentalism and terrorism, which will be familiar to those who have followed him since the Fall Revolution novels.
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4.0 out of 5 stars1984 meets Nudge and the Spirit Level
By Mr. T. O. Womack on 4 Jun. 2012
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This is a lovely exploration of the dystopian consequences of the sort of directions popular in politics of the early 21st century: the precautionary principle, nudges, and generally the points at which the nanny state changes from Mary Poppins to something out of Roald Dahl.

You can hear a few axes ground - Ken Macleod is not keen on the smoking ban - but there are points which get actually alarming; certainly it's a book you can argue with but it's well worth the rating.
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery bleak...
By A. J. Poulter on 20 April 2013
Format: Paperback
The title of this novel refers to the 'Fix', a genetic 'cleanser' that does away with any abnormalities in unborn babies. Hope Morrison is an ordinary working Mum who has a young boy, and is pregnant again but she does not want to take the the Fix. If she had a 'faith' objection there would be no problem in her missing it, but since she does not, the state intrudes with the excuse of supporting the 'rights' of the unborn child. And then things start to escalate...

Along the way there are many genuinely funny elements to this book. The caricatures of a Labour MP who stands for nothing beyond his own self interest and a Marxist academic who writes about rebellion but who sold out years ago are delightful. But this novel has a heart of darkness, just like '1984'. There is no escape from the petty rules and regulations that smother freedom, and no hiding place from the ever present surveillance. Despite pretending to live in a free society, everyone knows about the 'grey' gulags and the police do what they want to suspects who are offered free trauma counseling afterwards.

Ironically, there is something different about Hope's child, which is suspected by her husband and his family in Skye, which is where Hope flees in a fruitless bid to escape. The most dystopian element in this book is the lack of an obvious fix for this moribund society, as the only ways forward seem to be either through an 'exit' that only exists in the perception of a few with the right genes or burning everything down and starting again.
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3.0 out of 5 starsInteresting premises

Whilst the author developed a good story and creates a believable world, with some exceptional ideas. Read more

Published 8 months ago by mrsdsb
5.0 out of 5 starsBrilliant, hope it never comes true

A brilliant, terrifying look in the near future and implications of technology on our most sacred and intimate relationships. Read more

Published 10 months ago by Mrs. S
2.0 out of 5 starsSorry, but I wanted to hurl this book across the room.

I've read most of Ken Macleod's books and thought this the first dud. I did not find its near-future convincing, but worse was to come. Read more

Published 13 months ago by Nigel2357
5.0 out of 5 starsFuture not so perfect

It is very nearly not a science fiction any more, it is the very possible future that we should guard against.

Published 16 months ago by Novogrudok
1.0 out of 5 starsI couldn't finish it

I honestly couldn't finish it. I thought it was super imaginative and I guess the writing didn't grasp me. It seems like a lot of people liked it though.

Published 16 months ago by Clara Byrd
4.0 out of 5 starsHard to read at times because it hits so close ...

Hard to read at times because it hits so close to home and is so believable for someone living in Britain. Read more

Published 18 months ago by xyz574
3.0 out of 5 starsSpoiled by trying to do too much

Interesting premise but got itself in an unnecessary muddle with 3 different plotlines whereas the most interesting one should have been given the room it deserved. Read more

Published 19 months ago by Lee
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Package received in good time, item as described, very happy.

Published 20 months ago by Emma Smith
3.0 out of 5 starsClever idea and clever title

but actually a little disappointing. 3 stars is a little harsh, but I couldn't justify 4 - it's one of those cases were a three and a half option would be welcome. Read more

Published 21 months ago by DB
5.0 out of 5 starsWhat a great book!

Ken MacLeod is back on form with this novel. I just love the way he comments on today's society through his stories. Read more

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