I grew so tired of this schtick that I nearly DNF’d the book. He pays her handsomely and is very upfront, but page after page after page she dunks on him the entire time, doubting everything and being a sarcastic preachy pain. A whole lot of this book is dedicated to Maria never believing in Paul and being an absolute pain in the backside about it, even when faced with direct evidence contrary to her views in any given situation and despite Paul never really giving a strong reason to doubt him. Paul plays the super levelheaded character and Maria plays the snippy skeptic. None of the characters feel developed at all, they are simply there for exposition. Maria Deluca might be the most annoying character ever created from a pen and not in a “love to hate them” type of way. Once I hit about the halfway mark I started losing interest fast, but mostly due to the terrible characters. I went into this one with such high hopes, it had a very strong beginning and the overall concept is mind-bendingly awesome. This is ultimate postcyberpunk ever" - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "I can say without qualification that Greg Egan is the greatest science fiction author I've ever read " - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ Forget everything you read about virtual reality, artificial life & consciousness - nothing compares to the concepts and the worldbuilding in this book. THIS is the sense of wonder I'm looking for in a SF story. I can only marvel at how he finds his inspiration for a high-tech tale in an ancient wisdom like Kabbalah, and then proceeds to out-Kabbalah even the Kabbalists with his creativity" - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "Egan questions what it really means to be human in a way that it's quite unsurpassed in my mind " - Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ "THIS is why I read SF. Can what makes you human be distilled into data? And what happens if you can't afford to pay? Readers are having their minds blown by PERMUTATION CITY: " Egan tells the story masterfully. Encompassing the lives and struggles of an artificial life junkie desperate to save her dying mother, a billionaire banker scarred by a terrible crime, the lovers for whom, in their timeless virtual world, love is not enough - and much more - Permutation city is filled with the sense of wonder and dread. at a price Permutation city is the tale of a man with a vision - how to create immortality - and how that vision becomes grows beyond his control. Para obtener más información sobre cómo y para qué fines Amazon utiliza la información personal (como el historial de pedidos de Amazon Store), visita nuestro Aviso de privacidad. Para ello, visita Preferencias de cookies, tal y como se describe en el Aviso de cookies. Puedes cambiar de opinión en cualquier momento. Haz clic en “Personalizar cookies” para rechazar estas cookies, tomar decisiones más detalladas u obtener más información. Estos terceros utilizan cookies para mostrar y medir anuncios personalizados, generar información sobre la audiencia, y desarrollar y mejorar los productos. Esto incluye el uso de cookies propias y de terceros que almacenan o acceden a información estándar del dispositivo, como un identificador único. Si estás de acuerdo, también utilizaremos las cookies para complementar tu experiencia de compra en las tiendas de Amazon, tal y como se describe en nuestro Aviso de cookies. También utilizamos estas cookies para entender cómo utilizan los clientes nuestros servicios (por ejemplo, mediante la medición de las visitas al sitio web) con el fin de poder realizar mejoras. Utilizamos cookies y herramientas similares que son necesarias para permitirte comprar, mejorar tus experiencias de compra y proporcionar nuestros servicios, según se detalla en nuestro Aviso de cookies.
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