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Bezig met laden... The Courierdoor Gerald Brandt
Bezig met laden...
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. This is book 1 in a series that I won't be continuing. Overall, I thought this was a fine popcorn read but it was sort of like reading James Cameron's Dark Angel TV series. It's fast-paced with plenty of action, and the writing style is readable enough, but it doesn't have anything new to say. I've read this plot, where the bad corporations are stepping all over the little people, a million times before. Oh, and the bad guy being a bad guy just because he's a bad guy... well... ( ) Brandt, Gerald. The Courier. San Angeles No. t. DAW, 2016. I have seen all the elements of Gerald Brandt’s The Courier in other places. The most intriguing element is the multileveled megacity of San Angeles. It is William Gibson’s Sprawl moved to the West Coast. Our spunky teenage motorcycle courier heroine is a character familiar from countless movies and young adult novels. So, too, are the corporate villains. In short, the novel is a fast-paced action adventure that owes a lot to Gibson’s Johnny Mnemonic. It is not groundbreaking stuff, but it is fast-paced and readable. I do wish, though, that the story did more with the McGuffin in our heroine’s courier pouch. I am sure that is being saved for later volumes, but still it is disappointing not to be immediately gratified. 3 or 3.5 stars. Kris is living on the fringes barely surviving as a motorcycle courier in a sprawling multilevel megacity in a future California. Offered the chance for a last run at the end of the day she takes it even when it is a bit out of her normal territory. Corporations use physical couriers to send data they can’t trust over the web. Multiple couriers are used and you never know if you are carrying anything important or just a blank data chip. Kris is on the run when someone tries to take the chip from her at the delivery site after killing the intended recipient. Not knowing who to trust she is sucked into a world of deadly corporate espionage where she is just grist for the mill as the corps run the world now. A good first book in a series and a good setup for future books. I liked it and I’ll be looking for more when they come out. Digital review copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)San Angeles (book 1) Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)DAW Book Collectors (1719) Prijzen
The first installment in the San Angeles trilogy, a thrilling near-future cyberpunk sci-fi series Kris Ballard is a motorcycle courier. A nobody. Level 2 trash in a multi-level city that stretches from San Francisco to the Mexican border--a land where corporations make all the rules. A runaway since the age of fourteen, Kris struggled to set up her life, barely scraping by, working hard to make it without anyone's help. But a late day delivery changes everything when she walks in on the murder of one of her clients. Now she's stuck with a mysterious package that everyone wants. It looks like the corporations want Kris gone, and are willing to go to almost any length to make it happen. Hunted, scared, and alone, she retreats to the only place she knows she can hide: the Level 1 streets. Fleeing from people that seem to know her every move, she is rescued by Miller--a member of an underground resistance group--only to be pulled deeper into a world she doesn't understand. Together Kris and Miller barely manage to stay one step ahead of the corporate killers, but it's only a matter of time until Miller's resources and their luck run out.... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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