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Loading... Spin State (2004)by Chris Moriarty
SF,unread This is no hard SF. The physics presented here are not beliveable... Not recommended for hard SF fans. Possible spoiler alert. Despite the title and the multiple back references to Quantum Physics, the novel doesn't strike me as "hard sci-fi" at all, more like a typical character driven space opera masquerading as hard sci-fi. The storyline seems at times implausible and convoluted: For example... (1) Li, a soldier with lapses in memory, is sent by the Security Council to investigate the murder of Sharifi and disruption of mining operations. If the mining operations are so important, how about a team of professional investigators and a batallion of peacekeepers for backup? (2) Why would mining of such an essential resource be leased out to some shady company in the first place, especially if there are suspicions of dealings with the Syndicates? (3) A love affair with an A.I.? Ahem. Despite somewhat convoluted plot, it was a decent read and a good debut novel. Spin State is a solid hard-sf outing with a little bit of everything - cyberspace, physics, novel FTL transport, complex relationships, politics, military aspects, and in-the-trenches work and fighting. After a quick action-sequence start, the story settles into a mystery, with the reader and the protagonist thrown into unfamiliar ground with insufficient information. Systems and interconnections are slowly revealed in a way that keeps the pages turning. While this novel owes a lot to Gibson's Neuromancer, it stands on its own. no reviews | add a review
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