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Indlæser... Starfish (1999)af Peter Watts
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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. sucked me in with an incredible setting and vibe, but the constant depictions of sexual assault, etc. just made it something I didn't enjoy and won't be revisiting. ( ) Psychologically unstable individuals—a balance of abusers and victims—are bionicly altered to maintain the hydrothermal power stations at volcanic rifts on the ocean floor. Things go badly. Why I picked it up: This was a book I'd read years ago, liked, but remembered almost nothing about other than that I liked it. It appears on lists of the best "seapunk" or undersea sci-fi, and having discovered that it has sequels, I thought I'd revisit it. Why I finished it: I remembered that I liked the mechanics of the undersea bionics, and I remembered that part of the plot involved origins of life in the stew of heat and chemicals at undersea volcanic rifts. I had not remembered the abuser/abused psychology, nor the neurochemistry hacking that gave the rifters near psychic abilities. I'd give it to: This book is an explosive mix of dark psychologies and impeccable, hard science, making it a tricky one to recommend. The inner portraits of minds addicted to abusive situations makes these characters unpleasant to be with, and I wouldn't pass it along without a content warning. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
A huge international corporation has developed a facility along the Juan de Fuca Ridge at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to exploit geothermal power. They send a bio-engineered crew - people who have been altered to withstand the pressure and breathe the seawater - down to live and work in this weird, fertile undersea darkness. Unfortunately the only people suitable for long-term employment in these experimental power stations are crazy, some of them in unpleasant ways. How many of them can survive, or will be allowed to survive, while worldwide disaster approaches from below? No library descriptions found. |
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