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The Surrogates: Flesh And Bone (2009)

by Robert Venditti(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1603090185 (ISBN13: 9781603090186)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Top Shelf Productions

series

The Surrogates

review 1: Surrogates just begin to make their appearance in this book and a crime that kills a homeless man points out just what happens when human morality doesn't keep up with technology.This book is a prequel to volume one but came after it, presumably because the creators thought the concept needed a little more backstory. It's an excellent beginning (followup?) because it traces mankind's eager acceptance of this new technology even as it aggressively points out its hidden dangers.Mankind doesn't evolve too quickly, especially in his rational thinking, and this graphic novel brings home what is the basic flaw behind any technology--the minds of the people using it.
review 2: Only three decades hence, a large corporation is making mad money off these "surrogates" -- ... morefully-functional robots that can do the nasty, work your shift, act as police, you name it. But of course, these "surries' are fully controlled by obese twitchy humans sitting at home and getting rectal fissures or whatever. This plot starts with a murder, involving a surrie piloted by a kid, and enlarges into a fun (often hilarious) train-wreck featuring a detective n00b and a new Jesus (not a surrie), lots of misdirection and curious motives, plus lawyers actually making things exciting for a change. less

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