Saturn's Children by Charles Stross
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Book Reviews of Saturn's Children
Book Review: Not for the easilly squicked
Summary: 4 Stars
Stross would best be compared to Neal Stephenson; He's got some really great ideas, compelling action moments, and well thought out worlds. The problem lies in that, like Stephenson, he's not always clear where he's going with the story, and can't write an ending. I liked many things about this book, and would recommend reading it, but I can't say I left satisfied.Book Review: Thoroughly original
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is above the cut of most hard sci-fi. It has been a long time since I've read something this captivating and disturbing. Virtually guaranteed to be a fresh look at robotics, with many adult overtones.Book Review: Fembots just want to have fun!
Summary: 3 Stars
As Freya, the female first-person robot narrator of SATURN'S CHILDREN, Charles Stross allows his inner smart-alecky, pun-loving, teenage boy to run wild. Compared to women who write female characters in the first person, Stross is far more fixated on his character's orifices, what gets inserted into them, and what leaks out of them. No female author I've read has her character speak about herself, her body, and about sex in a cutesier fashion than does Stross, although Charlaine Harris comes close. This style of narration will not be to every reader's taste, and it certainly didn't sit well with me. That doesn't mean that Stross' humor, his subversion of the Asmovian robot paradigm, and his playful re-visioning of 1950s sci-fi tropes are not entertaining. It just means that as you plow through this chaotically-plotted retro roller-coaster ride, you may want to have some Pepto-Bismol on hand.Book Review: Ending was really disapointing
Summary: 3 Stars
Will the robots learn independence from the creators?
Will humanity return and return the robots purpose?
Who knows, this book builds up well and leaves you wondering what happened to the climax.