Newton's Wake
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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.
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...
taken to BC brunch, to be left at Lilliblack Cafe BC Zone if not grabbed by another attendee...
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.
Haven't ever read any Ken Macleod but I know of him and look forward to starting this later today.
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!
I'll be taking this to the Perth BC Meetup in... about 40 minutes!
Just picked up from KLL at the Perth march BC Meetup