tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post8906465010946583482..comments2024-03-17T14:31:27.014-04:00Comments on Fantasy Book Critic: “Mind Over Ship” by David Marusek (Reviewed by Liviu C. Suciu)Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15006565422867420980noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-59093295407783287362009-02-13T15:54:00.000-05:002009-02-13T15:54:00.000-05:00infoquake was good, but the author's portrayals of...infoquake was good, but the author's portrayals of religions were kinda wobbly and hollow. it would have suited him better to have them set as philosophies then religious institutions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-12612793469889542562009-02-12T23:15:00.000-05:002009-02-12T23:15:00.000-05:00While Counting Heads did not resonate with me afte...While Counting Heads did not resonate with me after the novella opening, I agree that it is one of the most original and detailed views of a high tech future in recent sf and that was the main reason I remained interested in the series.<BR/><BR/>I would suggest looking out for Infoquake and MultiReal (this one I reviewed here, though better read Infoquake first) by DL Edelman since that series also has a very original and detailed high tech future world.Liviuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04615405766065227026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-23737337748033974022009-02-12T09:12:00.000-05:002009-02-12T09:12:00.000-05:00I'm in the middle of reading Counting Heads and am...I'm in the middle of reading Counting Heads and am having the complete opposite reaction to you. I find the characters compelling (that you weren't emotionally engaged by Sal or Fred I find surprising) and the setting completely realized. <BR/><BR/>I love the well thought-out language and am happy to be treated like an adult and not have every word defined in a glossary or through awkward exposition in the text. <BR/><BR/>I'm about 75 pages away from finishing it and am thrilled that, when I do finish, there's more of the story to read in this sequel.<BR/><BR/>Where he really fails, imho, are his titles. Horrible titles.<BR/><BR/>And the covers are way too cartoony for the depth of his writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438041449595085165.post-30378234138299562702009-02-12T03:51:00.000-05:002009-02-12T03:51:00.000-05:00ive seen the future in counting heads and it conti...ive seen the future in counting heads and it continued in this book. its not easy to start up because the jargon and terminology is a jarring adjustment to figure out, but this is truly a powerful possibility of our future...niether U nor Dis-topia....but both at once and more frightening for it.<BR/><BR/>and then you read that he wrote the urbane, high tech, upscale characters and setting from a cabin in the woods of alaska.<BR/><BR/>I read more Fantasy then SciFi because i feel the lack of realistic characters in modern hard scifi is rampant. But even the not so human clones and AI-comps act with internal realisms that are pretty consistent through out the two books. This is high on my personal scale of scifi books in this decade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com