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Hylozoic (2009)

by Rudy Rucker(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0765320746 (ISBN13: 9780765320742)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Tor Books

review 1: Hylozoic manages to build on the characters and situations in Postsingular in such a way that it increased my enjoyment of the first book. However, I got the sinking feeling 30 pages from the end that I was reading a mid-trilogy book. I couldn't really see how he was going to manage to wrap it up before I hit the back cover, but he manages to pull it off and the story comes to a satisfying conclusion.To paraphrase the final paragraph: "It's all tangled up, It dosen't make enough sense, but it is what it is, and he dosn't have to write the third one."
review 2: Prepare for a multi-dimensional mind-bend. Though it took some time to really get into this novel--Rucker fills the first chapters with geeky descriptions of all the cool new powers the denizens of his fu... moreture earth posess, like a fan at a convention, as if to say, don't you wish you lived here?--once the plot warmed up it took off running. By the end you are a convert and an expert on teleportation, sub-dimensional navigation, and the hazards of getting hooked on Alien substances. I don't so much wish I lived there, but feel like I kind of already do. A few climax points are snarled in the trappings of the Action/Adventure form, but this makes them no less engaging. If I had any complaints, I would say he played his full hand too early, and didn't save enough of physics and mystery for the end, resorting to a god-metaphor near the end of the journey. But like discovering a new drug, I find myself eager to read more Rudy Rucker has to offer. less

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