WWW: Wonder
View our feature on Robert J. Sawyer's WWW:Wonder."A writer of boundless confidence and bold scientific extrapolation" (New York Times) concludes his mindbending trilogy. Webmind-the vast consciousness that spontaneously emerged from the infrastructure of the World Wide Web-has proven its worth...
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View our feature on Robert J. Sawyer's WWW:Wonder."A writer of boundless confidence and bold scientific extrapolation" (New York Times) concludes his mindbending trilogy. Webmind-the vast consciousness that spontaneously emerged from the infrastructure of the World Wide Web-has proven its worth to humanity by aiding in everything from curing cancer to easing international tensions. But the brass at the Pentagon see Webmind as a threat that needs to be eliminated.Caitlin Decter-the once-blind sixteen-year-old math genius who discovered, and bonded with, Webmind-wants desperately to protect her friend. And if she doesn't act, everything-Webmind included-may come crashing down.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780441019762 (0441019765)
ASIN: 441019765
Publish date: April 5th 2011
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
Pages no: 338
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Cultural,
Computer Science,
Computers,
Adult,
Speculative Fiction,
Thriller,
Canada,
Cyberpunk
Series: WWW (#3)
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...
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...
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.
Brilliant finish to the trilogy