Christian Malone

Sci-Fi with unexpected layers

Revisado: 11-09-19

Some of the best parts of science fiction are where your views are challenged. Sometimes, it's difficult to see the humanity when there's a lot of unobtanium floating around, but I feel this story has managed with a minimum amount.

I was easily able to suspend my disbelief after a few chapters, but it does take some getting used to the distinction between AI and SI as posited by the narrator. There are plenty of good visual scenes, where sometimes it's harder to visualize what's taking place, but when characters are interacting in virtual space, that makes sense. Authors don't always need to comfort their readers, and a certain tension can be quite healthy. Wondering at the sensory experience can be instructive when your audience is trying to imagine how a synthetic intelligence would experience virtual space versus real space as perceived by sensors.

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Great for the interested layperson

Revisado: 11-17-18

These were interesting essays, giving a person a brief primer on the clitoris and its recognition by the medical community and the world at large. This is my first title by Wednesday, I would be interested to hear more of her work.

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Good for those with little background in NuPow

Revisado: 09-06-16

I enjoyed Gwyneth's narrative on the second read more, focusing on Rip (a friend of hers with a deep background in nuclear power and disposal). I would heartily recommend this book to people who are new to nuclear power and concepts. It doesn't focus much on advanced reactors, looking more to the existing technology of light water reactors and the challenges they can pose. This book has a heavy emphasis on allaying concerns many have about nuclear power, and the reader that is concerned with such things is the ideal target audience. A very good read for laypeople interested in the subject like myself.

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Touching story

Revisado: 07-03-15

I feel closer to Malala and her region for having read this book. I highly recommend it both for its story and for the excellent telling. The narrator also had a pleasing voice.

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