Neal Asher
Autore di Gridlinked
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Danie Ware
Serie
Opere di Neal Asher
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Jenny Trapdoor 5 copie
Watchcrab 5 copie
Black Rat 4 copie
The Veteran 4 copie
Memories of Earth 3 copie
Fantastical 3 copie
Autotractor 3 copie
Sucker 2 copie
Owner Space 2 copie
The Other Gun (Novella) 2 copie
Dr. Whip 1 copia
Raising Moloch 1 copia
Walking John and Bird 1 copia
Plenty 1 copia
Bad Boy 1 copia
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The Relict 1 copia
Neal Asher Agent Cormac Series 6 Books Collection Set (Shadow of the Scorpion, Gridlinked, The Line of Polity, Brass… (2020) 1 copia
An Alien On Crete 1 copia
The Engineer [novella] 1 copia
Recoper 1 copia
Plastipaktm Limited 1 copia
Africa Zero [short story] 1 copia
The Army Of God And The Sauraman 1 copia
Neal" 1 copia
Opere correlate
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXL, Nos. 5 & 6 (May/June 2020) (2020) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 44, No. 1 & 2 [January/February 2020] (2020) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Asher, Neal L.
- Data di nascita
- 1961-02-04
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Billericay, Essex, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
- Attività lavorative
- machinist
machine programmer
gardener
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Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 92
- Opere correlate
- 32
- Utenti
- 13,156
- Popolarità
- #1,774
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 350
- ISBN
- 377
- Lingue
- 7
- Preferito da
- 50
This novel is not suited for someone who is not used to reading SF, because it takes from granted some familiarity with concepts like brain augmentation that might be confusing for readers not used to that. However, an average SF reader should have no problem following it, even with no familiarity whatsoever with previous Neal Asher novels set in the same universe (in my case, this is the first novel by this author I have read). There were some references to events that apparently have been described in other books, but nothing that could not be understood by context.
Being the first in a new trilogy, the ending closed many of the storylines but still left some open questions that will be dealt with in the following books. One of the most interesting characters is an antagonist, the rogue AI called Penny Royal, and trying to figure out its motivations provides a lot of the fun. In this novel, however, we only get to understand part of it, and I would have liked a bigger payoff at the end. I guess it's part of the cost of reading SF&F, most novels seem to be part of a series, made worse because in this case I broke my own rule about trying not to read series until they are finished.
To sum up, this is an action-packed story and it's fun to read. I like when we can empathize completely with at least one of the characters, but this is not really that kind of story. It can be enjoyed as a standalone, but I would feel able to judge it more fairly once I have read the whole trilogy.… (altro)