John Varley
Birth date: August 09, 1947
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(Original Review, 1980-12-16)It introduces more complications into the plot of the TITAN series, and clears up some nagging items as well; ever wonder what a satellite-brain looks like? What happens when tourism/ hits Gaea? What composers does a Titanide like?I just finished reading “Wizard” by John...
(original review, 1998)I liked “Steel Beach” by John Varley much more than I expected, as the AI is much more insidious that we usually see in most contemporary SF. Most of the others assume that an AI would go rogue, but "Steel Beach" assumes the opposite, that the AI would work exactly as designed...
I personally disliked this book. Everything counts. Style, lack of scientific imaginations, “extravagant” sexual lives of characters etc. So I will not write about it much. What should I say? How Lilo, a main heroin had intercourses with nearly everyone and every creature? Ridiculous. There lives a...
Hackers, the Far East, war veterans, security service, murder, romance. A well written. Had I read it at the time it was written, the book would probably leave a much stronger impression than these days when our reality is already accustomed to all sorts of things.
An excellent book, with a great world and character build. The story is excellent and very unpredictable, even the ending was a complete surprise to me. One extra side note: one may want to read [b:Stranger in a Strange Land|350|Stranger in a Strange Land|Robert A. Heinlein|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.clo...
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