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Bezig met laden... The Corporation Wars: Insurgence (2016)door Ken MacLeod
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. MacLeod, Ken. Insurgence. Corporations Wars No. 2. Orbit, 2016. There is more talk and less action in the first half of Insurgence than some military SF fans appreciate. Fortunately, it is lively, intellectual talk that delves into the nature of consciousness, economics, and several branches of philosophy. One scene I like a lot is a discussion between some self-aware robots about whether uploaded humans in machine bodies can be considered truly conscious. Insurgence should not be the first novel you read in the Corporation Wars series. Most of the characters from Dissidence are back as garrulous and feisty as ever. 4 stars. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Ken MacLeod continues the Corporation Wars trilogy in this action-packed science fiction adventure told against a backdrop of interstellar drone warfare, virtual reality, and an A.I. revolution. And the ultimate pay-off is DH-17, an Earth-like planet hundreds of light years from human habitation. Ruthless corporations vie over the prize remotely, and war is in full swing. But soldiers recruited to fight in the extremities of deep space come with their own problems: from A.I. minds in full rebellion, to Carlos 'the Terrorist' and his team of dead mercenaries, reincarnated from a bloodier period in earth's history for one purpose only - to kill. But as old rivalries emerge and new ones form, Carlos must decide whether he's willing for fight for the company or die for himself. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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This is very much a middle novel of a trilogy; there are few loose ends tied up and the book ends, if not on a cliff-hanger, then certainly at a point where more is about to happen. But along the way,. Macleod has continued his exploration of power, governance, and the position of the individual (nether secure nor in exercise of much control). Trans-humanism is, it seems, little impediment to the exercise of control by the powerful, even if those powerful individuals are silicon-based rather than living, breathing carbon-based lifeforms.
Meanwhile, the sentient robots are still evolving their own ideas of how society should be arranged.
The opening lines tell me that Macleod starting writing this book shortly after the death of his friend Iain (M.) Banks, as it is an almost direct quote from the opening of Banks' first science fiction novel Consider Phlebas. ( )