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 The Line War - Neal Asher
Newest Review: ... Erebus's mind, an AI called Vulture in forced co-operation with Dragon-modified Golem Mr Crane and, occasionally, other ... more  ... sentient entities on both sides.
Line War is probably just about readable as a stand alone, but there is a clear continuation from Polity Agent and it would be probably more enjoyable if read in sequence.
As the previous Cormac novels, this one is a space opera with a big helping of post-cyber-punk. All kinds of human-AI hybrids feature prominently (bio-machines and a powerful nanotechnology). The underlying conflict and, let me call it, existential core of the Polity world, buried deeply under the explosive high-tech, ...more |
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The Line War - Neal Asher: AS HARD SF AS IT GETS (482 words)
by - written on 22/08/08 (Very useful, 47 readings)
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This new addition to the Polity universe starts off where the Polity Agent left off. Polity is still suffering from the onslaught of Jain tech, a lethal nanotechnology designed to destroy civilisations. Jain-infested Erebus and all his subjugated AIs are at war with the Polity and Agent Cormac, Orlandine and Dragon all are trying to their best, in their unique ways, to thwart Erebus's plans, whatever they might be. The narrative constantly skips between different points of view: we have Cormac, the Jain-tech controlling haiman Orlandine, researcher Mika aboard Dragon, a subversive computer virus called Fiddler Randal who inhabits nooks and crannies of ... Read the complete review
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