Jules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies...and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World.Disney World! The greatest artistic achievement of the long-ago twentieth century. Now in the keeping of a network...
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Jules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies...and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World.Disney World! The greatest artistic achievement of the long-ago twentieth century. Now in the keeping of a network of "ad-hocs" who keep the classic attractions running as they always have, enhanced with only the smallest high-tech touches.Now, though, the "ad hocs" are under attack. A new group has taken over the Hall of the Presidents, and is replacing its venerable audioanimatronics with new, immersive direct-to-brain interfaces that give guests the illusion of being Washington, Lincoln, and all the others. For Jules, this is an attack on the artistic purity of Disney World itself. Worse: it appears this new group has had Jules killed. This upsets him. (It's only his fourth death and revival, after all.) Now it's war....
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on Oct 16, 2009 at 10:09
I didn't quite get into this as much as I did Little Brother--it was definitely a fun romp, and I can't criticize that. All the same, everything seemed felt a little too easy, and the ending a bit too pat without me really feeling the lynchpin character had enough depth to do what he/she {trying to be spoiler free, here) did (even though I _was_ wondering if it was her/him from around the middle of chapter 2). For that matter, the portrayal of the takeover of "our" society by the Bitchun society, itself, felt too easy.
Still, whuffie is great, it's an inventive world, and I _did_ read it straight through. 4/5, and easily recommended to folks interested in any of its tangents.
on Aug 17, 2009 at 15:34
Superb - he's envisioned a fully-functioning believable future and populated it with interesting characters - the story is 'a real page-turner' too.