The author is very good at mixing scientific concepts with a fairly decent story about a young girl who regains her sight with an aid of an 'Eyepad' and how this starts to affect the ghost within the internet and awakens him to consciousness. I like that the author is always educating the reader ...
It has been a long time since I read a science fiction book with such joy as “Wake”. This is science fiction as I want it to be: human, accessible, exciting, challenging, educative, serious, funny and fast-paced. Of course, I fell in love with Calculass – the fifteen year old math genius who is gi...
12/07 - There is a lot of internet related techno-speak (I want to call it babble, but I won't, because it probably makes sense to readers who are more profficient at understanding the intricacies of the internet) which I sometimes had trouble following. In the end, after reading many baffling desc...
Other reviewers cover the plot ponts, so just some comments: as is often the case with sci-fi, the author projects from current technology, posits various interesting consequences, and the book is entertaining in this regard. Lots of nice interconnections with systems and mathematical evaluations ...
I enjoyed the premise and look forward to completing the trilogy.This book is very much a set up for the next two.If you like cyberpunk and math references you'll enjoy this quick read. More math than technology, but in fairness, all math references are brief and described very much layman's terms....
Robert J. Sawyer is one of those writers I just hadn't gotten to yet. But he's fast becoming a favorite of mine. Prior to this I had read FLASHFORWARD which I enjoyed and several short stories but not made it to his books. Too much to read, too little time. The premise for WWW:WAKE itself did nothin...
It has been a long time since I read a science fiction book with such joy as "Wake". This is science fiction as I want it to be: human, accessible, exciting, challenging, educative, serious, funny and fast-paced.Of course, I fell in love with Calculass - the fifteen year old math genius who is given...
Told from the viewpoint of a blind young woman, and never loses that perspective, even after she gains 'websight'. Plenty of pop-culture references, hopefully won't make the book 'stale' in 10 years. The message is a positive one. Not marketed as YA, but suitable for readers 15+ (complex math & sci...
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