Neal Asher
Autor de Gridlinked
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: Danie Ware
Series
Obras de Neal Asher
Strood 9 copias
Check Elastic Before Jumping 6 copias
Jenny Trapdoor 5 copias
Watchcrab 5 copias
Black Rat 4 copias
The Veteran 4 copias
Memories of Earth 3 copias
Fantastical 3 copias
Autotractor 3 copias
Sucker 2 copias
Owner Space 2 copias
The Other Gun (Novella) 2 copias
Dr. Whip 1 copia
Raising Moloch 1 copia
Walking John and Bird 1 copia
Plenty 1 copia
Bad Boy 1 copia
Monitor Logan 1 copia
The Relict 1 copia
Neal Asher Agent Cormac Series 6 Books Collection Set (Shadow of the Scorpion, Gridlinked, The Line of Polity, Brass… (2020) 1 copia
An Alien On Crete 1 copia
The Engineer [novella] 1 copia
Recoper 1 copia
Plastipaktm Limited 1 copia
Africa Zero [short story] 1 copia
The Army Of God And The Sauraman 1 copia
Neal" 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXL, Nos. 5 & 6 (May/June 2020) (2020) — Contribuidor — 8 copias
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 44, No. 1 & 2 [January/February 2020] (2020) — Contribuidor — 5 copias
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- Otros nombres
- Asher, Neal L.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1961-02-04
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Billericay, Essex, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Chelmsford, Essex, England, UK
- Ocupaciones
- machinist
machine programmer
gardener
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- Obras
- 92
- También por
- 32
- Miembros
- 13,149
- Popularidad
- #1,775
- Valoración
- 3.8
- Reseñas
- 350
- ISBNs
- 377
- Idiomas
- 7
- Favorito
- 50
This novel is not suited for someone who is not used to reading SF, because it takes from granted some familiarity with concepts like brain augmentation that might be confusing for readers not used to that. However, an average SF reader should have no problem following it, even with no familiarity whatsoever with previous Neal Asher novels set in the same universe (in my case, this is the first novel by this author I have read). There were some references to events that apparently have been described in other books, but nothing that could not be understood by context.
Being the first in a new trilogy, the ending closed many of the storylines but still left some open questions that will be dealt with in the following books. One of the most interesting characters is an antagonist, the rogue AI called Penny Royal, and trying to figure out its motivations provides a lot of the fun. In this novel, however, we only get to understand part of it, and I would have liked a bigger payoff at the end. I guess it's part of the cost of reading SF&F, most novels seem to be part of a series, made worse because in this case I broke my own rule about trying not to read series until they are finished.
To sum up, this is an action-packed story and it's fun to read. I like when we can empathize completely with at least one of the characters, but this is not really that kind of story. It can be enjoyed as a standalone, but I would feel able to judge it more fairly once I have read the whole trilogy.… (más)