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Sage Walker

Teoksen Whiteout tekijä

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Tekijän teokset

Whiteout (1996) 68 kappaletta
The Man in the Tree: A Novel (2017) 45 kappaletta
A Breath of Life 1 kappale

Associated Works

Marked Cards (1994) — Avustaja — 203 kappaletta
An Armory of Swords (1995) — Avustaja — 175 kappaletta
Black Trump (1995) — Avustaja — 173 kappaletta
Not of Woman Born (1999) — Avustaja — 121 kappaletta
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 17, No. 4 & 5 [April 1993] (1993) — Tekijä — 14 kappaletta

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Yleistieto

Syntymäaika
20th century
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
USA
Asuinpaikat
New Mexico, USA
Ammatit
writer

Jäseniä

Kirja-arvosteluja

During a global hunger crisis, a virtual-reality public-relations firm named Edges is hired to promote fishing restrictions around Antarctica. The seemingly straight-forward commission is quickly complicated by corporate cover-ups, geopolitical maneuvers, and murder. Bouncing between the digital and the real, the members of Edges struggle to unmask a conspiracy before it destroys their group.

A thrilling concoction of sleek SF gadgets and messy human politics, Whiteout posits convincing possibilities for the future uses of network technology. It feels, in many ways, like a successor to William Gibson's Neuromancer, but where Neuromancer was rooted in the disposable nihilism of the 1980's, Whiteout is influenced by the DIY agency of the '90's, a decade that seemed full of possibilities and capabilities. Whiteout is cyberpunk with hugs. Nowhere is that touchy-feely aesthetic more apparent than in the Edges themselves, a group of artists and scientists so intricately (and incestuously) linked through virtual reality that they share every tactile sensation experienced by each member.… (lisätietoja)
 
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proustbot | 1 muu arvostelu | Jun 19, 2023 |
The story of the first murder in the generation spaceship, "Kybele" and it hasn't even left Earth orbit.

Helt Borresen, although not a policeman, is given the task, as the ship Incident Analyst, of determining what happened to Cash Ryan, found impaled in a tree near one of the towers holding up the ship's artificial sun. The ship, by the way, is a hollowed out asteroid. At first it looks like a suicide, a leap from the tower, but soon looks more like a murder. Why would someone want to murder Cash Ryan, a contract worker due to leave "Kybele" in just a matter of days as the great ship was preparing to leave Earth forever? For that matter, who exactly was Cash Ryan in the first place?

Walker does a great job of world building here. Everyone's life is under constant surveillance from public cameras and from their own 'interface' (think smartphone but much better) devices. But even so, it is still impossible to get to know the man Cash had been.

To complicate things more, the chief suspect, Elana, who had had an affair with Cash on Earth years ago, is a potential love interest of Helt's. She and Helt had met the day before the murder and it was attraction at first sight. The underlaying story of their growing affection for each other, while Helt is trying to keep her at arm's length as he investigates the murder was, I want to say, charming.

The story moved a bit slowly at times, but this was to fill in details about "Kybele" and the political and environmental situation on Earth that had led to the the building of the ship in the first place. Mostly done in background, but useful for understanging the motivation of the people on board and why they wanted to be there.

The resolution of the murder was satisfactory. I was afraid, since this is science fiction, that some sic-fi device was going to end up solving the crime, but the author didn't go there. The final unravaling of the mystery was quite wrapped up in the history and goveranance of the ship however, which also was sastifactory.

Althought the story was wrapped up, there seems like there could be more stories in this ship and I hope that Walker plans a sequel.
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capewood | 1 muu arvostelu | Jun 1, 2018 |
This book had a lot of great, imaginative world-building, but the plot unfolded too slowly for my taste and I wasn't a huge fan of the writing style. I think this makes for a serviceable science fiction novel but could use a little "sprucing up" in the pacing department.

[NOTE: I received an ARC of this title from the publisher via NetGalley.]
 
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TherinKnite | 1 muu arvostelu | Oct 5, 2017 |
A William Gibson kind of look at a situation where people interact more in cyberspace than they do in the real world. A team of people are hired by a Japanese fishing company to help sway world opinion toward their policy. One of the team goes to the Antarctic to check things out, and disappears, so another of the team members goes to find him. She does, but then his rescue helicopter crashes and he dies. In the meantime, the team finds that the Japanese company has misled them, and their goals are not what was explained to the team. A story with plenty of intrigue.… (lisätietoja)
 
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johnylitnin | 1 muu arvostelu | Feb 6, 2014 |

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