Hunter Welles
Autor de Solomon the Peacemaker
Obras de Hunter Welles
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Conocimiento común
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An unsettling but none the less good book. I say unsettling because it isn't really that far-fetched of an idea that we as humans would attach a computer to a human to keep the peace. I can see as a race doing just such a thing. And yet despite the society's advancements the human failings are still in place. Drug use, prejudice, crime and manipulation. Definitely a book that made me think.
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This is a fantastic tale of a not so distant dystopian future. The plot line of the story is not particularly original. Computers take over. Everyone is monitored. Limited freedoms etc. However, the format of the book is truly original. It is presented as the redacted transcript of a law enforcement interrogation of the main character. He proceeds through his story in the first person and describes his life and the world around him. The ending was fabulous. All in all the book was truly gripping (I read it in a day) in spite of its relatively unoriginal plotline.… (más)
Welles's prose is clear and fluid rendering what could have been a complicated morass of a mystery into a seamless narrative about the role of memory and our relationship to technology
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Miembros
- 31
- Popularidad
- #440,253
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 10
- ISBNs
- 2
There are a few spelling errors and typos in this book and I'm letting that go because it is a well-executed concept.