Fai clic su di un'immagine per andare a Google Ricerca Libri.
Sto caricando le informazioni... Prior Futuresdi Dan Kopcow
Nessuno Sto caricando le informazioni...
Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Questa recensione è stata scritta per Recensori in anteprima di LibraryThing. PRIOR FUTURES by Dan Kopcow, is a SF novel.This is a placekeeper review. Do not consider it complete until I assign a star rating. I was given an ARC through the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program so I might write a voluntary review. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
It's 2090 and NanoGov has exploited nanotechnology to overtake the planet. The super-rich have converted to Mod, the two-dimensional ruling class. Jeremiah Prior, a three-dimensional disgraced Fringe detective hiding in Antigua for the murder of his partner, is forced back to Manhattan to prevent his estranged daughter from converting to Mod. But when the ultra-rich target his daughter and start to devour all citizens, Prior has to decide whether to remain safely hidden or trust his daughter, join the underground rebellion, and help overthrow NanoGov. Dan Kopcow's Prior Futures is a wildly imaginative cyberpunk noir novel that will appeal to those looking for a thrilling, humorous, and thought-provoking story. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
Già recensito in anteprima su LibraryThingIl libro di Dan Kopcow Prior Futures è stato disponibile in LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Discussioni correntiNessuno
Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... VotoMedia:
Sei tu?Diventa un autore di LibraryThing. |
The science fiction elements of the book arise from a weird version of nanotechnology. This tech is used inconsistently throughout the book, without any real grounding in science. While still on his island, hiding from society, Prior receives a leaf-letter made from nanos. When he touches it, the nanos take over nearby bugs and use them to form a three-dimensional recreation of the woman who sent him the letter. Later, nanos create coffee seemingly ex nihilo. One of the few remaining paintings in the world has been stolen; it is converted into nanos and hidden in Prior's blood. Nanos at one point shrink Prior to the size of a photon. But the main purpose of nanos is to serve the Mod. Ferri's revolution was to turn 3D people (now called Fringe) into 2D Mod.
When one "converts to Mod," all of one's mass is converted into nanobots which the Mod controls. As noted, the book presents Mod as 2D beings, essentially sheets of paper, and the book is framed by the conflict between 2D and 3D people. But the story doesn't make sense with that framing. Mod in the book variously turn themselves into bubbles, tarps, 3D people, and a tiny leaf. So the Mod are basically digital beings who interact with the world using their nanos. In addition to forming nano bodies for themselves, Mod use their nanos to create 3D homes and objects to show off their wealth.
Later in the story, Mod convert to 1D Points. (Mathematically, this is incorrect: lines are one-dimensional, points are zero-dimensional). The book reads like it's trying to be a new version of Flatland (a novel which explored a society of 1D and 2D creatures with more fidelity to the underlying mathematics), but it prioritizes the three-dimensional main character to such an extent that it never really explores life in one and two dimensions. In addition, the characters are not compelling enough for me to care how the story turns out. I only finished the book because I won it through the early reviewers program. ( )