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Indlæser... The Affinitiesaf Robert Charles Wilson
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The was both an interesting and fun read. I really liked the main concept as told in the story with humans falling into set groups of people after genetic testing that you are predisposed to get along with. Interesting characters and a plot that kept me reading consistently. The only thing I really wasn't sure about is the ending which (at least for me) kind of just petered out. If I had to guess, the author left enough open topics that a sequel is probably pegged for sometime in the not to distant future. 4 stars for a fun read that I enjoyed quite a bit. Recommended for fans of near future sci-fi stories. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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After becoming a part of the Tau, one of twenty-two large global network Affinities in the near future, young Adam Fisk thinks his life has improved for the better until the different Affinities begin to go to war with one another -- in a conflict that will change Adam's world forever. No library descriptions found. |
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In the end, the entire concept of affinities falls apart thanks to governmental intervention because, otherwise, these very libertarian groupings were ready to claim self-governance, which would lead to various forms of segregation and exclusion. Are we supposed to find that appealing?
And the creation of in-groups also involves the creation of corresponding out-groups, so, we get a very predictable affinity conflict between the libertarian, multi-centered Taus, and the authoritarian Hets (the villains of that story, the ones who use violence, even though the Taus do distasteful things, including spying on people).
Interestingly enough, the ending completely evaporates that structure, but only to open up to a different type of grouping that is supposed to be better.
I think this book is an inadvertent cautionary tale on grouping-by-algorithm. ( )