I needed a break from YA and picked up this book because I'm a fan of some of Rucker's other books. This book fit right in with his others, and I completely loved it -- it's probably favorite. It comes cyberpunk with sort of a nostalgia for being unconnected and messes it seamlessly into the urge to be connected on every level possible. While many SF novels attempt to explore how awesome VR would be, Postsingular takes a completely different tact. Rucker creates a world that was temporarily thrown in VR all at once and then describes how this changed (for better or for worse) that world. It's a great, fun and fast read. I loved it. ( )

I really enjoyed this book.

Lately I've been on a bit of a binge for books exploring technological singularity, so I really found myself engrossed in many of the ideas here. The writing style and presentation of ideas reminded me heavily of Douglas Adams' classic Hitchhiker series. While I normally prefer the "Hard Sci-Fi", I think the outlandishness of the ideas and concepts put forth here really fit in with the "post-singular" motif - we really can't conceive of life after a singularity, so it will neccessarily seem "wacky" to us now.

Can't wait to get my hands on the follow up, Hylozoic. ( )

Very inventive and lots of interesting themes and ideas. I didn't latch onto his style of writing though, and I didn't really bond with his characters very much, they didn't really have the kind of depth that I am a sucker for. A good fast read, but not my favorite science fiction book of it's type. Some of the concepts will stick with me though, I am sure. ( )

Very goofy take on the futuristic event of a technological singularity. Serious but at the same time funny. In a way it's a thought experiment because it's proposing what will happen when we create something smarter than us. ( )

Rudy has a pretty funny take on what we’re in for when the Internet hooks up with self-replicating nanotechnology. Welcome to the Singularity. Highly recommended. ( )

Dyson spheres, omnividence, teleportation, parallel branes, not to mention an end to the infernal combustion engine. This is the first of Rucker's novels I've read; I think I prefer his nonfiction to his fiction.

This book has fascinating ideas-- a nanotechnology "internet" that encompasses all the senses and pervades the world, a nearby semi-parallel dimension that (Dune-like) has sworn off digital technology... It's also one of the only books that I've read written by a non-Vietnamese author that a) uses the Vietnamese language correctly (he notes the proper pronunciation of Thuy's name, uses the word ban gai with proper Quoc Ngu diacritics), and b) features a Viet-Kieu main character without...more This book has fascinating ideas-- a nanotechnology "internet" that encompasses all the senses and pervades the world, a nearby semi-parallel dimension that (Dune-like) has sworn off digital technology... It's also one of the only books that I've read written by a non-Vietnamese author that a) uses the Vietnamese language correctly (he notes the proper pronunciation of Thuy's name, uses the word ban gai with proper Quoc Ngu diacritics), and b) features a Viet-Kieu main character without making any reference to the war.

The author, famous in sci-fi circles, but not well-known outside of them, has also embraced copyleft initiatives-- he's made the book available in multiple formats for free download on the book web page.

The style of the book is goofy, and reminds me a bit of Vonnegut (though I get the sense that Vonnegut could write beautifully if he wanted to). But the ideas, even more than the plot, drive this book; style isn't everythin ( )

The title alone makes this a must read for anyone who is interested in science fiction. I'm about a third of the way through and it's really drawing me in. It reads a bit like a thought experiment -- the pace of nanochange will be fast, but not *this* fast... but I like the way Rucker mixes the Big Smart Objects with the human heart in conflict. Strongly recommended so far.