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The Last Firewall (2013)

by William Hertling(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0984755764 (ISBN13: 9780984755769)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

liquididea press

series

Singularity

review 1: In few words, this novel is an improvement of the Matrix saga. Matrix made understandable and almost rational. Today technologies are very well incorporated into the picture of futuristic utopia making it seem that it may not be that far away. On occasions, when the author switches between the virtual and "meatspace" reality, he makes unnecessary recapitulations of the story so far, which makes the book stagnant and almost petronising. Very well worked out story line and even better insight into the technology is spoiled with cliche romanticism and emotional dribble reminiscent of hollywood movies of 1990's. In author's defense it might have been an attempt to explore the fundamental difference between IT and human and how it actually affects decision making, but unfortuna... moretely this angle is poorly developed and is lost in spray of bullets. It is a great chase book ready to be made into a blockbuster. It leaves many "ports" open for deeper analysis of the main question: "are AI going to be better than human and therefore eligible successors of humans in the evolution chain?".
review 2: "The Last Firewall" is the third science/cyber/techno-fiction novel from William Hertling. As with his previous two, I would highly recommend this one as well for anyone captivated by imagining a world in which we live with artificial intelligence constructs in a post-singularity era. Hertling's near-future is imaginative and engaging, with plot lines and characters more complex than in his previous books, and an overall pace that remains blistering fast. If you enjoy books by Isaac Asimov, Daniel Suarez or Philip K Dick, you'll love William Hertling. less

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