Oh, my , YES. Doctorow extrapolates from present trends to give the reader a future where tremendous wealth and limitless power reside in the hands of a select group of individuals, who are, essentially, eternal. Our hero, Leon, works for a company who's only goal is to come up with something to sell to one of those wealthy people in a vat.

It's a plausible future, not quite dystopian, richly detailed. Doctorow tells his story with warmth, and humor that reminds me of Vonnegut. Without going into laborious detail, we get a good look at how things work, politically, as well as how it feels, the food, the housing, the jetpacks. (Yay, jetpacks!) I may like this even more than [b:For The Win|7241373|For The Win|Cory Doctorow|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1317793244s/7241373.jpg|7359191], and I loved that. I'm only sorry I didn't get around to it sooner.



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Oh, my , YES. Doctorow extrapolates from present trends to give the reader a future where tremendous wealth and limitless power reside in the hands of a select group of individuals, who are, essentially, eternal. Our hero, Leon, works for a company who's only goal is to come up with something to sell to one of those wealthy people in a vat.

It's a plausible future, not quite dystopian, richly detailed. Doctorow tells his story with warmth, and humor that reminds me of Vonnegut. Without going into laborious detail, we get a good look at how things work, politically, as well as how it feels, the food, the housing, the jetpacks. (Yay, jetpacks!) I may like this even more than [b:For The Win|7241373|For The Win|Cory Doctorow|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1317793244s/7241373.jpg|7359191], and I loved that. I'm only sorry I didn't get around to it sooner.



Review copy from 40K ( )

At first, I was thinking that it was a good thing I only paid $0.99 for this one, but the last quarter of the story really snapped it together and delivered a powerful point. Very clever commentary on society. ( )

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