Lucifer's Dragon

by Jon Courtenay Grimwood

Cyber Noir (Book 2)

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Passion di Orchi, obscenely rich daughter of a Mafia boss, decides to rebuild Venice - in the middle of the Pacific. A century later, the daughter of Count Ryuchi plays a virtual reality game, and finds that the virtual world is all too real.

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This was quite an interesting cyberpunk story, but was spoilt by something that irritated me intensely once I noticed it. For some reason, the author italicises lots and lots of words, not just for emphasis but names of companies, tv shows, books and newspapers, and foreign words too (including French, Italian and Japanese). But he's inconsistent; not all company names are italicised (for some reason WeGuard is but CySat isn't) and not all foreign words, while some perfectly ordinary English words which happen to be of foreign origin, such as 'via', are italicised too.

There is another book by this author on my TBR shelf, and I have just flicked through it. He still seems to be fond of italics, but he doesn't go quite so over the top show more with them in '9Tail Fox'. show less
What a load of rubbish. I am a big fan of this author, but this book was completely phoned in.
Polar SF à classer dans la catégorie cyberpunk, l’éditeur nous en dit être la rencontre de W. Gibson et Tarantino. Ce qui n’est pas faux puisqu’on retrouve un montage du récit audacieux et déroutant, et une certaine truculence des dialogues et des situations. Inscrit clairement dans la tradition futur sombre, trash et violent, le roman tape sur les travers de notre société : gouvernance mondiale parodique, chirurgie esthétique, junk food, injustice sociale et règne du crime et de la violence à tous les niveaux. Cette histoire futuriste a une proximité incontestable, puisqu’issue de l’histoire contemporaine.
Cependant, une poignée de défauts émaillent ce roman : des thèmes et une intrigue trop disparates, un show more scénario assez léger, et un univers / une atmosphère qui ont du mal à prendre. Grimwood est sans doute meilleur journaliste que conteur.
Le Dragon de Lucifer reste nettement en dessous des ténors du genre, mais les amateurs l’apprécieront s’ils savent passer outre la froideur du style.
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Original publication date
1998
Epigraph
The greatest trick the devil ever pulled
was convincing the world he didn't exist.
First words
'So, how is his Serene Excellency?'
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Both had lied.

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