This book starts off at an accelerated pace (yes, pun intended), and then keeps accelerating. I felt like I was on a bad carnival ride, and couldn't wait for it to stop.
The characters were relatively well done, with plenty to empathize with, but it kept getting more and more frantic, until I finally just gave up and stopped reading. It wasn't the writing style, but the introduction of new concepts and morphing of existing concepts to new ideas.
If you like this genre (not really science fiction, but maybe post-cyberpunk?), it is supposedly one of the best -- it won quite a few awards, and continues to be popular. Just remember to pace yourself; this was written as nine separate stories, and can be digested best bite-by-bite.
If you are more of a near-future science fiction lover, or you like to see how the worlds work (e.g. Niven's Ringworld), then I'd skip this book.
The characters were relatively well done, with plenty to empathize with, but it kept getting more and more frantic, until I finally just gave up and stopped reading. It wasn't the writing style, but the introduction of new concepts and morphing of existing concepts to new ideas.
If you like this genre (not really science fiction, but maybe post-cyberpunk?), it is supposedly one of the best -- it won quite a few awards, and continues to be popular. Just remember to pace yourself; this was written as nine separate stories, and can be digested best bite-by-bite.
If you are more of a near-future science fiction lover, or you like to see how the worlds work (e.g. Niven's Ringworld), then I'd skip this book.
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