Books by Ian McDonald
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review 1: Too much mind, not enough heart. There's a lot of economics techno-babble. The kid is annoying. There's only that one character that I really liked - the Greek ex-professor. By mind, I mean, ideas, and one interesting concept there is 'techno-jihad.' Lots of good historical refer...
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review 1: A look at the post-singularity world as it affects India. This isn't an novel, but an anthology of novellas/novelettes featuring a variety of characters as they confront of world of artificial intelligences (aeais) and transhumanism from a Hindu perspective. This is not an easy r...
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review 1: Everett Singh's father is kidnapped right in front of him. Turns out, Papa Singh was working on a project involving parallel universes and has left Everett the Infundibulum, the map of 10 to the 80th power parallel universes. Only other people are after it and Everett leaps thr...
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review 1: I discovered this book through the "recommendations" here on goodreads.com. Usually anything remotely Sci-Fi isn't my thing but it was impossible to resists a book set in Istanbul so I dove in. I was very pleasantly surprised; not only at the quality of the writing but also wit...
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review 1: I can start right away by saying that I really enjoyed this book. ‘Planesrunner’ is a fascinating steampunk/electropunk book with a minor focus on science that’s full of action and great characters. It is meant for a Young Adult audience, but is perfectly enjoyable for adults too...