Helpful Score: 1
This was fun. The story of a sentient computer, in control of lots of stuff, committing a murder. But told from the computer's perspective, which was an interesting twist. Sawyer has done a great job here keeping things highly understandable and moving along.
Nitpicks: too much time spent on the decoding of extraterrestrial transmissions; I seem to have picked up every exo-message book Sawyer has written... Also, written in the 1990s, some details seem dated. (The book talks about how hard it is to find space to fit about 1000 terabytes of storage; in 2010, this probably fits in about the size of a normal refrigerator, and that physical space is still dropping.)
Still: this was a great book. Highly recommended.
Nitpicks: too much time spent on the decoding of extraterrestrial transmissions; I seem to have picked up every exo-message book Sawyer has written... Also, written in the 1990s, some details seem dated. (The book talks about how hard it is to find space to fit about 1000 terabytes of storage; in 2010, this probably fits in about the size of a normal refrigerator, and that physical space is still dropping.)
Still: this was a great book. Highly recommended.
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