Location: United States
Member Since: March 20, 2010
Robert Brown
Biography
Divorced, no kids. Retired, permanently disabled, old. Avid reader, mostly sci-fi, historical non-fiction. No great accomplishments or desires...
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- Self Made
on March 20, 2010
(no rating)
I'm a big fan of cyber-punk sci-fi, dating back more than 20 years (dating my self, I know). I stumbled upon the author's novella "Big Red" on Itunes while starving for something new to read. The story was smooth in style, realistic in its "scenery" of the future, characters which had as much depth as their "world" could allow them. In my view (opinion only here), the sometimes shallow depth of the characters is a direct reflection of the "world" they live in. The world of this future is designed to suppress individuality, hence, a lack of depth in personality. This book, "Self Made," is placed in the same world as "Big Red." But, it has completely different story-line, characters, and plot (similar character theme though). In "Self Made," the characters have a bit more depth and personality to them. I don't know if this is simply a maturing of the author into being more daring in that vein, or it's intentional by the author as a means of showing more of the struggle of the characters to bust themselves out of the cookie-cutter society they find themselves living in. No matter though. The book is a good, entertaining read that anyone who likes sci-fi will enjoy.