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Posted 2016-07-09 4:59 AM (#13953 - in reply to #12253)
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Back to some genre reading and I rattled off Influx by Daniel Suarez this week. Cracking read, thought I wouldn't like it at first as it seemed a little too 'hard sci-fi' nut I stayed with it. Excellent winner for the Prometheus award too as it explores themes such as who can control technology and information, whether we need 'protecting for our own good', whether consciousness can exist without free will. It explores whether Artificial Intelligence can be truly sentient and have feelings and make moral choices. On top of that it is a fast paced tech-thriller set in a near-future with plenty of explosions! Really enjoyed this one.

12 in 12 Challenge 2016

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Hugo winner) 2.5 / 5
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (Nebula / Shirley Jackson winner) 4.5 / 5
Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie (BSFA / Locus SF winner) 3 / 5
Tales From Rugosa Coven by Sarah Avery (Mythopoeic winner) 4 / 5
Redshirts by John Scalzi (Hugo / Locus SF winner) 4 / 5
No One Gets Out Alive by Adam Nevill (August Derleth winner) 5 / 5
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (John Campbell winner) 4/5
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (British Fantasy Award winner) 4.5 / 5
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison (Locus Fantasy winner) 4 / 5
Influx by Daniel Suarez (Prometheus winner) 4.5 / 5

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