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My feelings reading this book oscillated
between boredom thinking the theme was overdone to the other extreme
of looking forward to the next installment. In retrospect, I would like to read
the next sequel; but, there are quite a few more books in line ahead. It's a
fun, light-hearted romp through futuristic fantasies though lacks the sense
of originality and depth of Software (which probably
has at least as much of the former as the average 15 books put together.)
Rucker continues the beat literary tradition with a refreshing, iconoclastic style. Two robot characters adapted their speech patterns to the rhythms of Kerouac's books. "It's a synchronicity drug. It's almost like being dead, but better." "How does it feel to have so much and do so little?"
Insightful comparisons between computer and human consciousness challenges our common conception of self. "Every bopper tried to avoid any taint of the human notion of self."
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