The Brass Man by Neal Asher

Another book in the Polity series by Neal Asher. Done as a tip of the iceberg story about a Pandora's box of nanotechnology potentially created by an unknown ancient race to destroy any form of life uncautious enough to use it.I found the author's blog, The Skinner , through the author's Wikipedia entry, Neal Asher. I also found some more of his books that I haven't read and didn't know about. As well as two free online stories by Neal Asher and one by another cyberpunk author, David Marusek, at Free Speculative Fiction Online: Links to Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories Online Website.

Originally posted on May 29, 2007 at my other blog:

The Brass Man by Neal Asher

The Diamond Age or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson

A must read for any scifi aficionado who made the mistake of reading Prey without having read The Diamond Age first. This is the same author of Snow Crash, Zodiac, Crytonomicon, and The Baroque Age series of fictional first person accounts of real history.

Originally posted on December 27, 2005 at my other blog:

The Diamond Age or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

Counting Heads by David Marusek

Nice first scifi novel by David Marusek.  Covers all the bases of the near future. Even an unexpected one of what happens to the little people when the greedy become all powerful resource hogs whose only enemies are other powerful entities working at cross purposes.

Orignally posted on December 27, 2005 at 01:07 AM at my other blog:

Counting Heads

The Skinner by Neal Asher

Excellent scifi that covers an issue that is only now being imagined in the collective unconscious. Just because you can live forever doesn't necessarily mean you will want to or have the will to after a couple of centuries of life kicking you around. Covers many bases and is an excellent follow up to his first scifi novel.

Originally posted on December 27, 2005 at 01:02 AM at my other blog:

Skinner

Prey

Formulatic horror movie stuff with a worthwhile introduction to nanotechnology for the layman sprinkled liberally throughout. Worth a read just for the basics of nanotechnology wrapped up very nicely in a techno-thriller.For a more entertaining and insightful and intelligent introduction to the potentials of nanotechnology check out "The Diamond Age or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer"by Neal Stephenson.

Originally posted on September 08, 2005 at my other blog:
08:49 PM
Prey