Could not get into this book at all. I had no empathy for the characters, the pacing was just terrible, and what could have been an awesome concept was glossed over in roughly a chapter.

The premise of the book is that in the not-so-distant future, the ecological and meteorological system of the world is completely out of whack as a result of industry and consumerism stripping away the world's resources. Heavy weather is the end result, with huge parts of the United States subjected to weather systems that make present day bad weather seem tame in comparison.

This book could have been really good. Instead, it was a drag from page one. Not even sure why I finished it. ( )

A story about a team of storm chases, and their dictatorial, totally obsessed leader, and their struggles to survive and make a living.

Also of interest is that in this society commercial banks are
extinct dinosaurs, as a system for person to person encrypted, government and corporate proof financial transactions has been invented, totally cutting out the middle man and law enforcement in general from tracing money.

http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2006/12/heavy-weather-bruce-sterling.html ( )

Okay, it's like this: Anarchic, punkish weather researchers/tornado chasers contend with cops, government agents, rival weather researchers, bandit gangs, and really, really bad weather in a globally-warmed, anarchic, punkish, dystopian future. Occasionally interesting passages strung together with a thin, silly plot. Not Sterling's best. ( )

Dystopian SF novel about the stormchasers of the future with global warming making their lives more exciting than ever. ( )

Terrific book about counter culture scientists in the near future. ( )