- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; First Edition edition (Aug 15 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312866585
- ISBN-13: 978-0312866587
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,435,997 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In this sequel to Dreamships, Melissa Scott tackles the concept of artificial intelligence and how it will impact society. Not the theoretical society of chess playing and super computing, but the gritty society where coolie laborers struggle for existence, and where political groups fight their battles on the streets through protests, riots, and bombings. Scott uses three characters--a high-tech stage magician, her deaf cousin who plays in a struggling band, and a starship pilot with a deep distrust for the artificial constructs she must work with--to explore her intense, if slow moving, future.
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From Library Journal
Scott returns to the world of Dreamships (Tor, 1992) to further explore artificial intelligence. Celinde Fortune performs illusions in a theater on Persephone five years after riots pitted coolie labor against machine-rights activists. When she combines two computer chips for her act, the resulting karakuri, named after her dead twin Celeste, seems to be an independent artificial intelligence. From an entertainer's perspective, Scott deftly explores this complex, class-stratified world where the lowliest workers fear that artificial intelligence may obtain human rights they don't have. Highly recommended for sf collections.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good read.,
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This review is from: Dreaming Metal (Paperback)
This was the first Melissa Scott book that I have read, and it definitely won't be the last. She is able to draw the reader into her worlds very easily. The atmosphere of this book is very very good. This is seriously one of my favorite books.
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The birth of AI,
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This review is from: Dreaming Metal (Paperback)
This book is excellent. It fits into the cyberpunk genre and runs alongside authors such as Neil Stephenson and William Gibson. The story is set on Persephone, where everyone lives under the planet's surface, except for outcasts and interplanetary cargo ships. Various castes, characters and lifestyles are clearly portrayed. Vivid imagery is presented surrounding the birth of true digital sentience.
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Stunning AI!,
This review is from: Dreaming Metal (Paperback)
This book was the first I've read by Melissa Scott, and I was not disappointed. I had no idea that it was a sequel to an earlier work, and it read like a new piece. The story follows three characters seperately and does a fine job of keeping you interested in the different aspects of their lives. My favorite was Fortune, the dancer. Celeste was quite a surprise at the end, reminiscient of Arthur C. Clarke's Hal 9000. I recommend this book to any science fiction fan.
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