I had read the canonical cyberpunk work “Neuromancer” by Gibson, and I was not impressed. Along the way she meets a lot of fun people.īefore I read “Holy Fire”, I was aware of Bruce Sterling and his reputation as a cyberpunk author. Mia struggles with the effect on the young of a society dominated by the old and her own risk-averse tendencies. The main character, Mia, is an elderly woman who partakes in a medical procedure to extend her life, and her subsequent adventures. The book is set about 100 years in the future, in a society where the very elderly call the shots and society is about collectively minimized risk and efficiency. The characters still have ambitions and hopes and don’t just spend their time dwelling on how awful life is (any more than we do now). Though it is high-tech, low life in the fashion of cyberpunk, I found the characters much more believable than most cyberpunk books. You can see more reviews and an excerpt of the book here. Note: in this review, I spoil nothing past the first 20-30 pages or so.
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