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 The Cassini Division - Ken MacLeod
Description: ISBN 1857236033 / Author: Ken Macleod / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy / The situation; Earth is a rather techie socialist republic. Newest Review: ... anyone into line for the good of the metropolitan uni ... more  ...
ted states. We have seen this in embryo in Kosovo, remember. Hell, we saw it in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan...do I have to go on? After a sufficient time, socialism actually seemed like a credible alternative. The lesser of two evils, for the first generation, with a few dynamic nutcases (central characters, one of them) for charismatic leaven. This is the point of least departure from the world as we know it. They and their wild plans - I suppose with nanotechnology everyone really can own the means of produ...more |
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Format: paperback (B format), Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
With his third novel, Ken MacLeod elaborates further on the futu ... |
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The Cassini Division - Ken MacLeod: 1984 would be a much more plausible result than this sociali ... (1336 words)
by jdkane - written on 19/03/01 (Very useful, 18 readings)
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Ken MacLeod's third novel, which has been out for some time although not in softback. This seems to be a month for great oddity; nanotech economies, deviant sexualities, and now one of the very few, if any, works of any quality that purports itself to be socialist science fiction. Yes. Our very own Red Ken. God help me, I love it. I bought my copy at a book signing he was doing with Iain Banks in 'M' Mode - McLeod was touting this, Banks had Inversions, review of which to follow - basically a Special Circumstances sting from the mark's point of view, with strong reader baiting elements; rather good, really. Everyone was queuing up for Iain ...
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