March and April 2008 at the Science Fiction Message Board we'll be having a Group Book Read and discussion of the critically acclaimed 2004 Nebula Award nominated novel Singularity Sky by Charles Stross!
Here's a synopsis of this book from a featured review on The SF Site:
This is at once a story that's deceptively simple (James Bond in space, in the context of a very twisted version of A Misguided Empire Strikes Back) and deeply complex in a sort of cerebrally witty way. One learns about humanity by striving to come to terms with comprehending the utterly alien Festival and their reason for existence. There is also the shadowy, mysterious entity called the Eschaton, an AI gone transcendent and pretty nearly godlike and which takes a keen interest in the affairs of its creators.
We'll begin reading and discussing the book on March 1st, 2008, but you may join in at any time after by posting in our Charles Stross thread. Singularity Sky is readily available on Amazon and in many public libraries. We hope to see you in the Group Read!
Here's a synopsis of this book from a featured review on The SF Site:
This is at once a story that's deceptively simple (James Bond in space, in the context of a very twisted version of A Misguided Empire Strikes Back) and deeply complex in a sort of cerebrally witty way. One learns about humanity by striving to come to terms with comprehending the utterly alien Festival and their reason for existence. There is also the shadowy, mysterious entity called the Eschaton, an AI gone transcendent and pretty nearly godlike and which takes a keen interest in the affairs of its creators.
We'll begin reading and discussing the book on March 1st, 2008, but you may join in at any time after by posting in our Charles Stross thread. Singularity Sky is readily available on Amazon and in many public libraries. We hope to see you in the Group Read!
