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Loading... Halting State (Ace Science Fiction)by Charles Stross
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Charlie Stross does what Charlie Stross does, this time in a semi dystopic Scotland wherein a bank robbery in a MMORPG sets on a chain of events leading to a Much Bigger Problem. A much better job of non standard scifi than is usually done, though some of the character interactions seem forced, and the second person point of view, while being an excellent tie in to gaming, takes some immersion before being natural. Cyber mystery. I love this guy. Really nice near future novel from Stross. Explores how virtual worlds will develop and in particular blur with the real world to provide augmented reality.The layered plot is also well formed with convincing characterisation and a fast pace that keeps you reading. A good solid light read, that unfortunately will probably date quite quickly. An averageish cyberpunk book with some interesting concepts regarding future crime.
This is his tightest-plotted novel to date, a detective story with a million perfectly meshed moving parts, and a hundred magnificent surprises that had me gasping and shouting YES.
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0441016073, Paperback)Now in paperback—from the author of Saturn’s Children.In the year 2018, a daring bank robbery has taken place at Hayek Associates. The suspects are a band of marauding orcs, with a dragon in tow for fire support, and the bank is located within the virtual reality land of Avalon Four. But Sergeant Sue Smith discovers that this virtual world robbery may be linked to some real world devastation. (retrieved from Amazon Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:53:46 -0500) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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It might be a really good book, I just won't find out since I only struggled through the first couple of chapters (