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Geoff Ryman's Air won the Arthur C Clarke Award last year and so my sf book club recently chose it. The story centres around the impending arrival of Air, a system about to go live that will give everyone, everywhere access to the web directly through their thoughts. (Sound familiar? I know kung-fu). But what sets this book apart from that popular trope is that Ryman sets the scene in a remote Asian village that has never had access to the web before. That contrast, between the last place on earth to go online and the new global culture about to overwhelm their thoughts, gives the story a vitality and a great new slant on a popular sf notion.
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Richard Alsen, March 25, 2007
Geoff Ryman's Air won the Arthur C Clarke Award last year and so my sf book club recently chose it. The story centres around the impending arrival of Air, a system about to go live that will give everyone, everywhere access to the web directly through their thoughts. (Sound familiar? I know kung-fu). But what sets this book apart from that popular trope is that Ryman sets the scene in a remote Asian village that has never had access to the web before. That contrast, between the last place on earth to go online and the new global culture about to overwhelm their thoughts, gives the story a vitality and a great new slant on a popular sf notion.Terms and Conditions
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