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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, fun, and educational, May 20 2002

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I absolutely loved this book! I knew little about Quantum mechanics before reading this, and now I have a good understanding of the concepts covered in this book. I learned something, but I also had a great time reading the story.

He develops some brilliant ideas, including neural mods that allow you to "program" your brain and run "apps" and tools to control your body, your thought processes, your emotions, etc.

I didn't like that it was set in New Hong Kong, though. The Chinese names really ran together and made it harder for me to visualize the characters, especially considering that he is an Australian writer writing for an English-speaking audience.

The ending really left me pondering. I don't think that I would have chosen that particular ending, but it is satisfying and left me wanting for more!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not recommended, Jan 20 2002

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Hugh Watkins (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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If you like authors like Gregory Benford, Robert Sawyer, John Cramer I don't think you will like this. It is like a bad future computer hackers book with all the Brain Mods he talks about.

I am not finished with it (I'm not sure I will at this point), but I would try to read a chapter before you decide to purchase it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mind Blowing, Jan 4 2002

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Gordon Rios (Palo Alto, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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Fantastic book -- Egan's earlier work like this and Axiomatic is some of the best hard science fiction ever written. He's always enjoyable but the early stuff is decidely more accessible as well as being truly innovative and dramatic.

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