Queen of Angels eBook Greg Bear
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Hugo Award Finalist A near-future novel of artificial intelligence, human nature, and mass murder that “succeeds on virtually every level” (The New York Times Book Review).
In Los Angeles in 2047, advances in the science of psychology have made crime a rare occurrence. So it’s utterly shocking when eight bodies are detected in an apartment, and not long afterward the perpetrator is revealed as well noted poet Emmanuel Goldsmith. The LAPD’s Mary Choy—who has had both her appearance and her police work enhanced by nanotechnology—is tasked with arresting the killer, while psychotherapy pioneer Martin Burke prepares to explore his mind. Meanwhile, Goldsmith’s good friend and fellow writer reels at the news—while, far from all of them, a space probe makes a startling discovery.
This “excellent” novel about technology, identity, and the nature of consciousness is a thought-provoking stunner by the Nebula Award–winning author of the Eon series and the Forerunner Saga (Chicago Tribune).
In Los Angeles in 2047, advances in the science of psychology have made crime a rare occurrence. So it’s utterly shocking when eight bodies are detected in an apartment, and not long afterward the perpetrator is revealed as well noted poet Emmanuel Goldsmith. The LAPD’s Mary Choy—who has had both her appearance and her police work enhanced by nanotechnology—is tasked with arresting the killer, while psychotherapy pioneer Martin Burke prepares to explore his mind. Meanwhile, Goldsmith’s good friend and fellow writer reels at the news—while, far from all of them, a space probe makes a startling discovery.
This “excellent” novel about technology, identity, and the nature of consciousness is a thought-provoking stunner by the Nebula Award–winning author of the Eon series and the Forerunner Saga (Chicago Tribune).
Queen of Angels eBook Greg Bear
(Kindle version review): Don't buy the Kindle version of this book until someone edits it for punctuation. Greg Bear should be outraged at the incompetence of whoever posted this digital version of the book. Literally hundreds of punctuations and layout breaks are missing.The following "sentence" is one example of what I'm talking about:
"Martin Burke had watched in stone amazement eyes wide as saucers sucking in the pain no glory no satisfaction no revenge no lessons taught seeing so much more clearly now how far he had tipped and what pain a well-adjusted brilliant young man with prospects could cause. Bear, Greg (2014-04-01). Queen of Angels (Kindle Locations 1078-1079). Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy. Kindle Edition.
Now imagine paragraphs like the one above, except they're also littered with out-of-context future slang, un-introduced acronyms, and other unexplained techno-jargon. The terms would make sense in context if there were punctuation, but as presented, it's a formless slurry.
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Queen of Angels eBook Greg Bear Reviews
This was a tough book to get into but ultimately rewarding. The characters and plot were not all that engaging, and the LA depicted did not grab me right away. After several attempts I finally got past the expository opening, and then the tale told was quite good. Not among Bear's best, in my opinion, but worth reading.
I first read Queen of Angels over 20 years ago. I recently purchased it in format, and read it again. This book has easily stood the test of time! Visionary science, great speculation on the future of society, deeply developed characters, and a fascinating plot. This book stands as one of the great science fiction stories of all time.
This book must have been extremely difficult to write. In a novel in which the actual plot and characters are secondary to the point being made, Bear explores the nature of crime and especially punishment to a harrowing degree.
Equally impressive is Bear's ability to change his writing and grammatical styles completely, depending upon which character currently has the focus of the book's attention.
The fact that this is a SF novel is secondary to its actual purpose (a comment upon society and the human mindset), in the same way that the story and plot of a Vonnegut novel are secondary to the satire and indictment being perpetrated by the author.
Some readers may find it difficult to deal with the varying styles of writing in the book (one character, for instance, uses hardly any punctuation and a lot of proposed (by Bear) future slang to think about the world).
The novel does, however, change the reader this, to me anyway, is its major selling point.
After the first 30 pages I suspected something was wrong so I flipped to the blurbs on the covers and flyleaf "ambitious" "challenging" "complex" -- uh oh!
There are some wierd syntactical treatments that make for rough reading the absence of commas, unusual phrasing... but eventually you train yourself to defocus on these sections and just let the words shower down on you... maybe that was Bear's intent.
I loved Slant, and was excited to discover this prequel based in the same universe and featuring Mary Choy, but this novel makes Slant seem pretty mainstream. There are "Big Ideas" here that are really worth the read, and I am in amazement of the complexity and maturity of the thought it's like Bear had been saving up decades of thought on the nature of consciousness, the subconscious, guilt, and punishment, and was finally letting fly.
I eventually decided that this was a great novel. Keep going. It's worth it.
Greg Bear is one of the best SF writers of this era. Queen of Angels' Mary Choy is a fascinating character beautiful, wise and a clever cop. The novel explores the darkest dimensions of human nature, but also artificial intelligence, and the geo-political aspects of the mid 21st Century. Bear shows his in-depth grasp of neuroscience, and also artificial intelligence. A wonderful read.that I recommend to hard-core sci-fi readers.
It took about 20% of the book but then the characters came alive. Unfortunately the characters go through rough times. So being alive is a mixed thing.
Very well and knowledgably written. Not for the too sensitive I dare say. If you can take it. Read it!
Greg Bear has always been one of my favorites.
I originally read this shortly after it came out.
It was the story of the developing AI that made me want to read it again. It had haunted me over the years till I had to read the book again.
The whole book was still a very fine read especially the news feed story subplot.
( version review) Don't buy the version of this book until someone edits it for punctuation. Greg Bear should be outraged at the incompetence of whoever posted this digital version of the book. Literally hundreds of punctuations and layout breaks are missing.
The following "sentence" is one example of what I'm talking about
"Martin Burke had watched in stone amazement eyes wide as saucers sucking in the pain no glory no satisfaction no revenge no lessons taught seeing so much more clearly now how far he had tipped and what pain a well-adjusted brilliant young man with prospects could cause. Bear, Greg (2014-04-01). Queen of Angels ( Locations 1078-1079). Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy. Edition.
Now imagine paragraphs like the one above, except they're also littered with out-of-context future slang, un-introduced acronyms, and other unexplained techno-jargon. The terms would make sense in context if there were punctuation, but as presented, it's a formless slurry.
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