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Published: Jan. 18, 2012
Words: 139,922 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465907714
Description
A fan-made novel drawing from ideas and characters which appeared in the 1994 classic System Shock from Looking Glass games. A cyberpunk story which explores the nature of intelligence and AI.Tags
artificial intelligence, ai, system shockAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Max Savenkov
on March 17, 2012 :
When I tried to play System Shock, I didn't like it at all. It was too dark, monsters were too horrible etc. I hate horror movies and games, and System Shock had too much of that genre.
So, I stayed away from Mr. Young's novel-sized fan-fic of that game for a long time. But after The Witch Watch, I just had to try it.
I liked it. No, I LOVED it. To my surprise, it is written about as professionally as the second book, and it looks much more like a labor of love. Maybe it's because Free Radical is a case of "Write what you know": Shamus is a programmer by trade, and inner workings of a sentient AI are more his thing then Victorian era adventures with magic. Or maybe it's me. Anyway, I found action in this book to be far superior to anything found in Witch Watch, with more details and more suspense. While humor is nearly lacking in here, the story still glued me to the screen of my old, beaten-up PDA.
But the biggest plus I can give, I give thins book for its ending. If you are wondering - it's not the same with the game. Also, it's not what I would expect of most authors. Some may find "happy end" forced, maybe, but I think it is just... Sweet? A bit like GLaDOS redemption in Portal 2. Maybe it's a perversion, but I have a thing for non-murderous AIs who actually like humans. There are so few of them in all works of fiction...
Anyway, give Free Radical a reading. Even if you're not video games fan. It's a VERY good book, only a little spoiled by novice mistakes, like repeating phrases (I think Shamus mentions "remains of some long-burned fire" about 4 or 5 times through the text).
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Review by:
Paul Spooner
on Jan. 19, 2012 :
(no rating)
A flowing narrative through through a surprisingly optimistic cyberpunk future. The grit is still there, but it's smooth grit; Grit composed of perfect tiny marbles; Spheres whispering in the mind. I've read this book twice, and the second time was just as good.
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Review by:
Eddie Jones
on Jan. 18, 2012 :
(no rating)
I haven't read this but I love techno thrillers. Plus it's free.
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