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Mention Monday – Off to be the Wizard

27 Tuesday Jan 2015

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Last Week’s MM: Gone Girl – Movie

I’ve recently been enjoying a genre that seems to be gaining in popularity.  Or maybe there’s just a new abundance of it.  I’m not sure exactly what this genre is called, or if it has a title, but I like to call it Science Fantasy.

Think Ready Player One.  That sort of thing.  A story where you get the fantasy elements made possible by science.  Add a splash of geek (usually) and there ya go: fresh, fun genre.

(That’s not to say that this book is anything like Ready Player One.  It’s not.  Only saying that they share a basis of fantasy made possible by science.)

This story is about a guy who accidentally discovers that life, the world, existence, all of it, is actually just a simulation.  But the story doesn’t go where I’d expect it to.  Usually, in that situation, you find a protagonist depressed about their existence, trying to find out who made them and why, or trying to escape.  Not in this book.  Our main character, Martin, decides to do what we all probably really would do in that situation: get some money.  But, this quickly gets him into trouble, so, of course he does the next rational thing: goes back to the middle ages to live as a wizard.  Continue reading →

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Mention Monday – Nexus and Crux

28 Tuesday Oct 2014

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Last Week’s MM: IFLScience

Ramez Naam has created an interesting series.  Set in the very near future, Kade, a young scientist discovers a way to alter an illegal nano-drug called Nexus.  He uses it to link people mind to mind.  Beyond that, he can use it as an operating system and use it as software.  But he gets blackmailed into helping the government.  In the second book, Crux, the world is a very different place and Kade is a highly wanted man.

This series is filled with danger, tension, questions of who can be trusted, what is crossing the line, and even, what it is to be human and the full potential of all that that entails.

There are many interesting parts to the books.  I love the realism and potential of the technology.  He’s created some unique adaptations.  But it doesn’t stop there.  Beyond the nano-drug, he also explores gene splicing and human enhancements.  Another interesting thing about this book is that a large portion of it takes place in countries other than America.  There’s China, Vietnam, and Thailand, just to name a few.  It’s a growing angle that I’ve seen in books, and I welcome it.

I really enjoyed both of these stories.  I think there is going to be a third book, and I can’t wait for it.  Nexus won the 2014 Prometheus Award, and Crux has had also been well received.

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