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Ladataan... Cybernetic JungleTekijä: S. N. Lewitt
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Stupid, stupid, stupid book. Allegedly a cyberpunk book, although I found no evidence of that. In fairness to you and to the author, I didn't finish the book. I thought it was too hideous to continue after the first seven chapters. But boy, what a disappointment! Paulo Sylvia (a girl's name?) and his best pal form a gang in Brazil in the near future to compete with other gangs, dealing with the drug market. They are part of the outcasts of society. Meanwhile, the wealthy elite have it sweet and a young lady named Zaide is a member of such a family. Zaide dreams of escaping her family's estate to go to the city to experience life in a different way. Sylvia wants cash and revenge for a broken family. They meet at a Carnival-like festival, where they dance and exchange sweet nothings. Yep. Where's the sci fi, you ask? I asked that too. Well, there's a robot that's a death machine. And. And. And that's about it. Sylvia has a teflon knife and a crossbow pistol. You can't even tell if this book is taking place in the future. Sure, there are helicopters, but we have those now. They have the World Cup. BFD. Yawn. A lot of attention is paid to Zaide's long, beautiful, lustrous near-black hair, as well as to her attire. If I didn't know better, I'd say this is actually a romance written under the guise of a sci fi novel. But surely the author, one "S.N. Lewitt," wouldn't have done that, right? Well, I checked the copyright page, and the copyright is made out to "Shariann Lewitt." Yep, a woman sci fi writer. Who has written a romance disguised as a sci fi novel to make some cash. I'm disgusted. I hate to sound like a total sexist pig here, but why do so many female sci fi novelists have to write romances? In fairness to them, why do so many male sci fi authors have to write sexually perverted scenes in their books, like Heinlein did? Totally unnecessary. I want hard sci fi. I want military sci fi. I want true cyberpunk. I want Philip K. Dick. I don't want this trash. If I had continued on, maybe I would have ended up liking the novel, but I doubt it. I gave it 70 pages. That's more than enough. It didn't even deserve that much. Definitely not recommended. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
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The setting: a convincingly believable near-future Brazil. The divide between rich and poor has only gotten worse. The rich live in luxury; the elite have access to a kind of implanted internet called The Wave. But most Brazilians live in the favelas, slums torn by gang violence.
Paulo and his best buddy from childhood were born to the elite – but due to political upheaval, are now forced to make their way as best they can in the favelas. But Paulo has an ambitious plan to unite the gangs and raise themselves from poverty.
Within the elite networks that control Brazil, genetically engineered families encourage young people to viciously plot and scheme against one another for supremacy. Here, another plot is going on, which also plans to use drug-running gangs as a dupe for covering up actions against competitors. In a moment of chaos, Zaide, a daughter of privilege, is thrown into contact with Paulo’s gang, and ends up uncovering her rival’s plot. But can she use the information she’s learned to catapult herself to power? Or will she use her family’s knowledge to help Paulo? Will the web of events surrounding her even leave her with a choice?
Good action, good plotting, unique takes on cyberpunk tropes, and unexpected, emotionally wrenching twists place this book far above average.
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