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When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn't take him long to discover that someone's trying to kill him. It's the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees' personalities-including Robin's earlier self.
On the run from unknown enemies, he volunteers to participate in a unique experimental polity, the Glasshouse, constructed to simulate a preaccelerated culture. Participants are assigned anonymized identities: it looks like the ideal hiding place for a posthuman on the run. But in this escape-proof environment, Robin will undergo an even more radical change, placing him at the mercy of the experimenters-and at the mercy of his own unbalanced psyche.
On the run from unknown enemies, he volunteers to participate in a unique experimental polity, the Glasshouse, constructed to simulate a preaccelerated culture. Participants are assigned anonymized identities: it looks like the ideal hiding place for a posthuman on the run. But in this escape-proof environment, Robin will undergo an even more radical change, placing him at the mercy of the experimenters-and at the mercy of his own unbalanced psyche.
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My first Stross book, great fun, keeping it for now to read again. Also ordering some other Stross books.
Eric S. (Very good novel by Charles Stross. I have read other novels by him (Accelerando, for one) and I found this novel to be easier to follow and more captivating at the same time. I read it in two days, and I can't remember the last time I plowed through a novel that quickly. The characters were engaging, and the storyline was great. I definitely recommend this one.
Alison S. (Excellent! This book works on many levels. C. Stross has become one of my favorite authors.
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