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reviewed Attack Surface by Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow: Attack Surface (EBook, inglese language, 2020, Macmillan)

Cory Doctorow's Attack Surface is a standalone novel set in the world of New York …

Review of 'Attack Surface' on 'Storygraph'

This is too close to reality to really be labeled speculative fiction. It's a brilliant story and a timely warning, and I'm not sure why I'm not giving it five stars. 

rated 克拉拉与太阳:

Kazuo Ishiguro, 宋佥: 克拉拉与太阳 (Hardcover, Chinese language, 2021, 上海译文出版社)

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克拉拉是一个专为陪伴儿童而设计的太阳能人工智能机器人（AF），具有极高的观察、推理与共情能力。她坐在商店展示橱窗里，注视着街头路人以及前来浏览橱窗的孩子们的一举一动。她始终期待着很快就会有人挑中她，不过，当这种永久改变境遇的可能性出现时，克拉拉却被提醒不要过分相信人类的诺言。

在《克拉拉与太阳》这部作品中，石黑一雄通过一位令人难忘的叙述者的视角，观察千变万化的现代社会，探索了一个根本性的问题：究竟什么是爱？

reviewed Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)

Martha Wells: Fugitive Telemetry (2021, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom)

No, I didn’t kill the dead human. If I had, I wouldn’t dump the body …

Review of 'Fugitive Telemetry' on 'Storygraph'

It's great in so many sorts of ways, but isn't it getting to be a bit repetitive? It feels like there's an entire interesting universe just around the corner but we never get to see it. 

reviewed Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

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Stina Leicht: Persephone Station (2021)

Review of 'Persephone Station' on 'Storygraph'

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Fun action comedy with some interesting views on AI. Marred by some flawed writing, a couple plot holes, and some huge and unnecessary typos. It feels a bit like Artemis (yeah that one) just done better. 

reviewed Half-Earth by Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson: Half-Earth (Hardcover, 2016, Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company, Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company)

Half-Earth proposes an achievable plan to save our imperiled biosphere: devote half the surface of …

Review of 'Half-Earth' on 'Storygraph'

This book contains an important idea, and so should have been a good book. Unfortunately it doesn't really say anything other than "this is an important idea".

Oh and "nature is beautiful and important", which it is. Then what?

reviewed The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson: The Ministry for the Future (Paperback, 2021, Orbit)

Established in 2025, the purpose of the new organization was simple: To advocate for the …

Review of 'The Ministry for the Future' on 'Storygraph'

KSR on excellent form, as usual nobody is going to save the world single-handedly here, yet this is perhaps the most optimistic KSR story I've read in a while. Lovers of the Mars trilogy and Science in the Capital will enjoy this as well.