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"It's hard to stay cordial while fighting for your life, even when your life doesn't amount to much ..." (more)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best sci-fi I've read in a year, April 25 2005
This review is from: Kiln People (Hardcover)
Kiln People is a page turner. I've brought this book because it was 80%of and the front page looked good. It was a good choice finaly. I'ts about clones of yourself being made of clay and having limited duration (about 24 hours). They are made for doing the tasks you don't want to do or don't have time to do. When de day is finished, they return to their original to download their memory. It's the only way for a clone to get (continuity of living). In this case, the hero is a detective who's clones disapears and don't comes back for download while doing missions for many rich peoples related between themselves. There's a plot involving the ingenior of the clay people and etc. I highly recommend this book to sci-fi fans.
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5.0 out of 5 stars <insert clever title>, Jun 9 2004
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This review is from: Kiln People (Mass Market Paperback)
I don't usually write reviews, but this book deserves some support.
I liked the entire concept, along with the twists and turns that came along with it.
Loved the ending.

Read it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A ditto's guide to life the universe and everything, Mar 3 2004
By Sheena "sheena_in_kl" (Kuala Lumpur Malaysia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Kiln People (Mass Market Paperback)
WEDNESDAY MORNING'S POINT OF VIEW

In a meeting with the boss, while my rig sits at home reading this book which is about ME! But thems the breaks, dittos don't complain, there's no time really, when you only live for one day.

This meeting is really getting on my nerves, i feel an bearable urge to go to the park. I think I WILL go to the park. Oops, i'm out in the park- oh! does this mean I am a frankie? Sigh!
Meanwhile my rig is still reading this book- which i really should get my hands on. But only if I can read the whole thing in one day. If only life extension for dittos was being developed... but there are ethical reasons for that.

Might as well go see some people. Oh dear, someone is trying to kill us. But I am only a dit.

Woah, this is getting really strange. All the rules don't apply. I'm confused, this really shouldn't happen to a dit. Am I a hero? Who's the hero? Who is God? Where is God?

Ah- should have stayed home and read this book instead!

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3.0 out of 5 stars Brin at his best and his worst
I found "Kiln People" to a great example of both David Brin's best and worst qualities as a writer. Read more
Published on Feb 17 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars A variation on cloning, fun detective story
The basic premise is a technology is developed which allows humans to make copies of our mind/soul, and these clay copies are able to do most everything we'd normally do, thus... Read more
Published on Jan 23 2004 by Henry Cate III

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Science Fiction Book of the Year Hands Down.
A great read. A very different, thought-provoking, action packed, suspenseful novel with a first rate hero. Read more
Published on Nov 2 2003 by JGarpo@aol.com

2.0 out of 5 stars Gumby Soul is metaphysics not science
A clay fiber that can act like a muscle isn't possible
by today's science and probably not by tomorrow's either. Read more
Published on Nov 1 2003 by R. Bagula

3.0 out of 5 stars Some cool ideas, but it just runs off the rails at the end
Kiln People is set several decades in the future. The key technological innovation presented in the book is "golemtech" -- it has become possible to imprint a person's... Read more
Published on Oct 20 2003 by Richard R. Horton

3.0 out of 5 stars Starts Great, Ends Awfully
Cloning is one of the classic themes of science fiction, raising all kinds of philosophical interesting questions about consciousness, ethics, morality, and the nature of reality... Read more
Published on Sep 12 2003 by A. Ross

2.0 out of 5 stars Too long, overly complex, and way too slow.
When I first started this book, I found it very interesting. The world that Brin creates where anyone can make copies of themselves to be in more than one place at a time, or to... Read more
Published on Sep 2 2003 by John Howard

4.0 out of 5 stars Two-Thirds Entertaining, One third questionable blather.
A brilliant exploration of both the practicality and morality of instant cloning. How would such clones be treated? How would society change? Read more
Published on Jul 17 2003 by A Friendly Shopper

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fast-Paced Adventure about a Classic "What-If"
What if you could make a copy of your consciousness in the morning, "download" it into a synthetic body and then "upload" the duplicate's consciousness at the... Read more
Published on Jun 18 2003 by Eric P. Neff

3.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Idea, Oblique and Disjointed Execution
This book starts with the most wonderful concept of disposable affordable extra bodies that work for you and in fact even inhabit separate communities dedicated to their... Read more
Published on May 21 2003 by Jim Molnar

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