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Pros
Nexus provides some credible extrapolations off what is currently possible with technology. It offers the hope that an inhuman skynet won't wipe us out, but also the fear that our superhuman children will do it instead. Through kade naam lets the read... Read More
There is a bit of a lull in the action mid-way during the conference in bangkok but it is necessary for the introduction of a raft of new characters & motivations and to get them into position for the blistering finale. There are a few points wher... Read More
Superb ideas and well written. Very engaging, very believable, and also very inspiring. Hugely entertaining. What a ride - ironically, it's all in the mind!
Ramez naam is a supporter for transhumanism, and this book perfectly embodies that goal.
Cons
Young brilliant idealist scientists versus the establishment is a bit clichéd for my taste.
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Quality
Four stars simply because towards the end character development may have slightly given way to intense action and violence and ... Read More
It has mixed reactions with the human population
Price
Ramez naam is clearly a next gen asimov
Competitiveness
I really want to know what happens next and what the consequences of kades choices will be
Liked this a lot right balance of ideas and story telling skill some unputdownable moments
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The heroheroine adapts but the bad guys dont
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Ramez really explores what it means to be human and posthuman and picks apart many of the issues
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The half dozen pages at the end entitled authors note the science of nexus doesnt really do the full presentation justice but naysayers to the books science should read this bit first
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In the past year and a half ive come to realise that i can appreciate more than just military sf which i always thought was the only kind id get
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Yeah that made me go huh too but to give the example that made me go aha its what makes cochlear implants a device that allows deaf people to hear possible
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While naam is a previously published author he published a nonfiction title more than human embracing the promise of biological enhancement in 2005 nexus is his debut novel and in some places it shows
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I found these quite thoughtprovoking and naam very carefully never gives us the answers he gives us what kade believes to be right but he doesnt know it rather he knows to do the opposite is wrong
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Perhaps this is because there are no easy answers to this and people need to make up their own minds on where they stand
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