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Glasshouse

By Charles Stross

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| Hardcover | 9780441014033

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When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn't take him long to discover that someone's trying to kill him. It's the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees' personalities-incluContinue

When Robin wakes up in a clinic with most of his memories missing, it doesn't take him long to discover that someone's trying to kill him. It's the twenty-seventh century, when interstellar travel is by teleport gate and conflicts are fought by network worms that censor refugees' personalities-including Robin's earlier self.

On the run from unknown enemies, he volunteers to participate in a unique experimental polity, the Glasshouse, constructed to simulate a preaccelerated culture. Participants are assigned anonymized identities: it looks like the ideal hiding place for a posthuman on the run. But in this escape-proof environment, Robin will undergo an even more radical change, placing him at the mercy of the experimenters-and at the mercy of his own unbalanced psyche.

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    While this book was sometimes difficult to read, it was a fascinating look at identity and society - what makes you "you" - if one's in a different body, is one a different person? Robin/Reeve and friends discover the truth about the "Glasshouse" in very interesting ways.

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  • Weird insight into post-singularity culture. People are stored as memories and uploaded into bodies. Fascinating view of what such a society may be.

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    James said on Jul 27, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 352 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0441014038
  • ISBN-13: 9780441014033
  • Publisher: Ace Hardcover
  • Pub date: Jun 27, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback and eBook
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