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Bradbury Report (2014)

by Steven Polansky(Favorite Author)

3.05 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1282789120 (ISBN13: 9781282789128)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Weinstein Books

review 1: This book by Steven Polansky was a fantastic read and very thought-provoking. The story takes place in America and Canada about a hundred years in the future. The main character, Ray Bradbury (a nom de plume) writes about his life and friendship with a girl named Anna. Anna is a rights activist in the future and what she represents are the clones. America is the only country where cloning is legal, and the entire population has one or else doesn't qualify for life insurance, healthcare, and is severely discriminated against. In the book, Anna's activist group comes to Ray and tells him they need help with a clone, HIS clone. He is reluctant at first but eventually agrees to house the clone and teach him how to feel normal emotions and be a part of a society. It was a wonde... morerful book and it really made me value my humanity.
review 2: I did not finish this. I was willing to overlook the appalling naivete displayed by the author of economics. I was willing to overlook the sheer implausibility of the premise, as there may have been time to explain.I was less willing to overlook the complete lack of believability in the setting. This is 2071 -- except that you would think it was the early 2000s. If this book had been written in 1980 I might have been more tolerant. People don't even read the newspaper today! Cell phones, brief mentions of the web... I think worse pollution is all there is to distinguish technology from 10 years ago. Jobs are the same, vehicles are the same, the web is there but all but unused.But I kept at it for a while. I only gave up due to the immense tedium. Did someone tell Polansky he had to hit a certain number of words? Here is a sample of what nearly the whole book is like (at least as far as I got). It was people having a conversation where they always repeat what the other person says, then confirm. Tedious and maddening."Did you know him?""No, I did not know him.""So you didn't know him.""No, I did not know him."Life is too short to waste on this rubbish.Aside: The reader for this audio version did a good job--he fit the narrator of the story well. It's not his fault the book is crap. less

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