Status
Available
Call number
Series
Publication
Eos (1987), Edition: 1st Avon Books Printing October 1987, 176 pages
Description
In the year 2020, elderly hippie Cobb Anderson constructs intelligent robots who take control of the moon and offer Cobb a change at immortality.
User reviews
LibraryThing member gregfromgilbert
Enjoyed it and plan to get the next in the series (Wetware). It's a little dated but has a good story line and explores ideas of embodiment and conciousness.
LibraryThing member kawgirl
This is the first Rudy Rucker book I read. It was well worth the read and even more interesting for me because a high school classmate's father had written it.
LibraryThing member LTFL_JMLS
Kind of dated, but fun the way I like SF to be. Biggest issue was that all the female characters were brainless bimbos.
LibraryThing member gregory_gwen
Kind of dated, but fun the way I like SF to be. Biggest issue was that all the female characters were brainless bimbos.
LibraryThing member wweisser
Quick, fun, good characters.
LibraryThing member ivan.frade
A computer goes around disguised in an ice-cream truck and your heroes are a party-animal teenager and a drunkie on retirement. That gives you an idea of the tone of this book.
I found it funny, fresh and original describing a near future.
I found it funny, fresh and original describing a near future.
LibraryThing member grandpahobo
This is an interesting book. It jumps right into the setting witghout much back story, which made it a bit difficult to get my berings. A lot of the story elements are just inferred, so you have to really pay attention.
The fact that the story is set in a future world which is supposd to be in place
The fact that the story is set in a future world which is supposd to be in place
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right now adds a bit of irony. I am looking forward to the next one in the series. Show Less
LibraryThing member brakketh
An enjoyable, though dated, take on the transition from human to robotic bodies.
LibraryThing member ragwaine
I really thought this would be like "Neuromancer part 2" but it was nothing like it. I wanted my wife to experience cyberpunk for the first time (we read it together) but I felt like this wasn't really cyberpunk. I was really surprised because I've had this book forever and always thought it was
Instead it was a like a more silly Phillip K Dick. I really couldn't take it seriously and there wasn't any cool new technology or anything, so I'm not sure what Mr. Rucker was aiming for.
Fortunately, my wife enjoyed it more than I did, saying that it was just a fun, easy read.
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one of the "pillars of cyberpunk". Instead it was a like a more silly Phillip K Dick. I really couldn't take it seriously and there wasn't any cool new technology or anything, so I'm not sure what Mr. Rucker was aiming for.
Fortunately, my wife enjoyed it more than I did, saying that it was just a fun, easy read.
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LibraryThing member electrascaife
Robots living on the moon have rebelled against their enslavement to humanity and are now planning to 'incorporate' them by chopping up their brains and 'taping' their memories. They offer immortality to their creator, Cobb Anderson, in the form of a robot body with his own taped memories, but
The story was interesting enough, but none of the characters were even slightly likable. So, not really my thing.
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there's a a sub-group of robots who want to rebel against the rebellion...The story was interesting enough, but none of the characters were even slightly likable. So, not really my thing.
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LibraryThing member grahzny
Rucker doesn't take himself too seriously, and the result is wacky and inventive and eye-rolling and troubling and imperfect and good fun.
Subjects
Awards
Philip K. Dick Award (Winner — 1982)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1982
Physical description
176 p.; 4.25 inches
ISBN
0380701774 / 9780380701773