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by Robert J. Sawyer
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Tolle Lege!.
Tolle Lege!. rated it 9 years ago
The series definitely makes the listener think. The author has the protagonist's math Professor named Heidegger for a reason. I had no problem with how the author steps through the creation of the self-aware entity into its understanding of its being about being, and is engagement in the world as an...
Sarah's Library
Sarah's Library rated it 11 years ago
This has been a great series!! Very enjoyable, readable and gives the reader lots of ideas of where we could end up. Caitlin spends most of the book trying to defend Webmind from the pessimists and those threatened by his appearance. I was relieved by the cutaway from the Caitlin-loses-her-virgin...
Tannat
Tannat rated it 12 years ago
I can't help but think that this trilogy would have worked much better as a single novel, suitably edited. I made it through, but found it a slog. Ballantyne did it better.
halfmanhalfbook
halfmanhalfbook rated it 12 years ago
Excellent sequel to Wake
halfmanhalfbook
halfmanhalfbook rated it 12 years ago
Brilliant finish to the trilogy
Brick
Brick rated it 12 years ago
Third of three, I am glad I read them in order. Lots of issues raised, which made this more fun than 2 stars, but occasional awkward dialogue and off-putting mix of intelligence and lack thereof. Why does Webmind's divided self's smaller part become not just amoral but immoral? The earlier develo...
Cynically Speaking
Cynically Speaking rated it 12 years ago
8/31: I enjoyed the trilogy. There were a few things I though could have (should have?) been left out - they did not add to the story. The book did have a good ending.It was interesting to read this trilogy right after Daemon/Freedom. One we have the Internet being manipulated from 'beyond' the ...
Blodeuedd
Blodeuedd rated it 13 years ago
The good thing about this book is that I could just start reading without having read the previous books (this I of course did not know when I started.) Sure things are mentioned that happened before, yes I would like to read about these things as the book was interesting. But as it is now, it worke...
llanito
llanito rated it 13 years ago
Enjoyable but the concept did not need a trilogy to develop.
Novel Tease
Novel Tease rated it 13 years ago
Another wonderful, hopeful, view of the future from Sawyer. Some great insight into the lives of the blind and the autistic and the absolutely best mother-daughter sex talk ever! The ending was a little hokey...
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