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Wake, by Robert J. Sawyer
Reviewed on August 13, 2010
What if you were blind and the internet gave you the power to see not only the real world but into the mind of the web? This is the question asked in Robert J. Sawyer’s first instalment of the WWW trilogy. Caitlin is a quirky, hockey stat loving, Math genius of a teenage girl who [...]
The Restoration Game, by Ken MacLeod
Reviewed on August 7, 2010
We begin with reality. Or do we? From the moment you begin to read the preface you can never be too sure. Lucy Stone works for a small games company in Edinburgh, but she is by any means ordinary. Her mother is, for all intense and purposes, a Spook. Of Krassnian descent (a fictional country), [...]
Flashforward, by Robert J. Sawyer
Reviewed on November 12, 2009
Let me begin with the spoiler alert. A serialised television adaptation of this novel has recently been aired in the United States and is currently airing in the United Kingdom (and possibly other locations). However, I do not think fans of the series will find it spoiled for them either by reading this review or [...]
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