Newton's Wake

by Ken Macleod | Science Fiction & Fantasy |
ISBN: 1841492248 Global Overview for this book
Registered by freelunch of Cairns, Queensland Australia on 7/27/2008
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by freelunch from Cairns, Queensland Australia on Sunday, July 27, 2008
The Hard Rapture took Earth's best minds away. Now the rest are about to find out where they went ... Centuries ago, space settlers and soldiers fled to the stars from the sentient AI war machines that engulfed Earth. They colonised Eurydice, a planet whose rocks contain traces of its own war machines - some of which still guard a vast, enigmatic artefact on a remote tundra. When an expedition raids this strange artefact, the Eurydiceans discover that they weren't the last survivors of humanity after all. Their leisured lifestyle is about to be disrupted by new arrivals for whom Eurydice is a prize worth fighting over. And the long-dormant war machines are awakening ... Newton's Wake is a stunning stand-alone space opera, charting the struggle for human survival in a universe dominated by post-human intelligence.

Journal Entry 2 by freelunch from Cairns, Queensland Australia on Thursday, August 14, 2008
Good when I grasped what was going on - I occasionally lost the plot but that may be my failing rather than the author's.

Journal Entry 3 by freelunch at Lilliblack Cafe in Darlinghurst, New South Wales Australia on Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Released 14 yrs ago (9/23/2009 UTC) at Lilliblack Cafe in Darlinghurst, New South Wales Australia

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taken to BC brunch, to be left at Lilliblack Cafe BC Zone if not grabbed by another attendee...

Journal Entry 4 by KLL from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Hehe. Have come to lilliblack to leave some books and pick up some reading for the trip home. I pick up the only sf book on the shelf and immediately see it was registered by freelunch!!

Haven't ever read any Ken Macleod but I know of him and look forward to starting this later today.

Journal Entry 5 by KLL from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Saturday, March 27, 2010
I rather enjoyed Newton's Wake - particularly the mix of art/theatre and science. I don't think I've seen that combo in a science fiction novel before. I agree with freelunch that the novel did jump around a bit, but I think I was able to mostly follow the story.

I'll be taking this to the Perth BC Meetup in... about 40 minutes!

Journal Entry 6 by celestewa from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Sunday, March 28, 2010
Just picked up from KLL at the Perth march BC Meetup

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