[bksvol-discuss] Re: A Submission
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:11:19 -0700
If it put you to sleep, why are you going to read the book?
As far as King goes, the two I read were Carrie, and The dead Zone. Carrie was
only okay, and since it was - I think - his first novel, I cut him some slack
on that one. But I was especially disappointed with The Dead Zone. He didn't
really do anything interesting with the precognition angle compared to what
Frank Herbert or Mike resnick did with it. Besides, evil is so banal anyway.
----- Original Message -----
From: k4zq
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 2:30 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Submission
The Synopsis put me to sleep. 'Bout as good as Cliff Notes. However, I've
read a couple of books before, although, not too many, so I think I can muddle
through.
Be careful what you say to me. I got that reject button, you know.
Sorry about Steve, Evan. Apt Pupil is just a good addition for education in
the dark side.
Peace,
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan Reese
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 11:57 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Submission
It was just the left half of the dust jacket! What do you mean long? It
fit in the submission form, so maybe you aren't getting enough sleep. I just
read through it again in a minute or so. If you're having this much trouble
with a synopsis, you may not want to tackle a whole book just yet. <grin>
I read to of King's works, and I wasn't impressed with his writing ability.
----- Original Message -----
From: k4zq
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 8:00 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Submission
Evan!
Was that synopsis the entire book? Thought I'd never get through it.
I'll go see if somebody already has it, and if not, I'll get it, then I
can consult with you on it if I need.
Btw, If you Ain't familiar with "Apt Pupil," it's an excellent
contribution to your development as purely evil.
Peace,
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan Reese
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 10:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A Submission
Well, I finally got it up there. The book is called Transcension by
Damien Broderick. It is Science Fiction. I hope the validator reads the
comments I put in the form. All of the chapter headings, as well as the title
and author on the title page, are in lower-case letters. I hope whomever
doesn't decide that they are errors and "fix" them.
Ironically, after all the recent talk about validators reading through
submissions, I hope whoever does this one does the minimum, unless they are
familiar with the book. There are a number of other peculiarities in the book
which might be taken as errors if someone doesn't notice their consistency.
For example, the chapter headings with Arabic numbers are followed by a space,
a colon, another space, and then the chapter name, whereas those chapters
starting with roman numerals are followed by a colon without the space. I
really enjoyed the book, but it was a lot of work to get into shape.
For any who are interested, here is the synopsis from the dust jacket:
Damien Broderick has been a leading Australian SF writer since the
seventies, winning numerous awards. His novel The Dreaming Dragons was named
one of the 100 best SF novels. His recent nonfiction book, The Spike, is a
mind-stretching look at the wonders of the high-tech future. Now in
Transcension, he brings to life one of the high-tech futures he imagined in The
Spike, a 22nd-century Utopia pervaded by nanotechnology and ruled by a benign
but coldly objective AI. Transcension may be Broderick's best book yet.
Amanda is a brilliant violinist, a mathematical genius, and a rebel.
Impatient for the adult status her society only grants at age thirty, but
determined to have a real adventure first, she has repeatedly gotten into
trouble and found herself in the courtroom of Magistrate Mohammed Abdel-Malek,
the sole resurrectee from among those who were frozen in the early 21st
century, the man whose mind was the seed for Aleph, the AI that rules this
Utopia.
Mathewmark is a real adolescent, living in the last place where they
still exist, the reservation known as the Valley of the God of One's Choice,
where those who have chosen faith over technology are allowed to live out their
simpler lives. When Amanda determines that access to the valley is the key to
the daring stunt she plans, it is Mathewmark she will have to lead into
temptation.
But just as Amanda, Mathewmark. and Abdel-Malek are struggling to find
themselves and achieve their potentials, so is Aleph, and the AI's success will
be a challenge to them and all of humanity.
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