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being why I think things suck and/or rocken-usZ Rapture of the Nerds, by Charles Stross and Cory Doctorow
http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/reviews/id/stross-doctorow-rapture-of-the-nerds
<iframe align="right" src="http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?lt1=_top&bc1=FFFFFF&IS2=1&npa=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=dasfrpr-21&o=2&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=0765329107" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><p> - Meh: 2/5 I thought that Charlie Stross was like Christopher Lee: incapable of error. Oh how wrong I was.<p>Revisiting what used to be an old theme of his - The Singularity - and in collaboration with Cory Doctorow, who is one of the great up and coming writers (supposedly - I've not read any of his solo stuff), this should have been not just entertaining but a good read too. Unfortunately it ain't. While it's chock-full of ideas, they're not used well, being just splattered onto the page with apparently little concern for the results, amongst cartoon-like one-dimensional supporting characters and leading to slapstick results. I came very close to not finishing the book.<p>On the plus side, much of the writing is tight, clear and inventive, as you would expect from two established professionals, but that can't lift a badly plotted story. Not recommended, not even <a href=http://craphound.com/rotn/download/>as a legal free download</a>. 2013-01-14T17:17:04Z