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ederwin's review
3.0
Short and crazy. This was co-written by Stross and Doctorow in alternating chunks of 500 to 1000 words. As far as I understand it, each author just had to continue with whatever idea the other had started and they each tried to make it as crazy as possible. Despite that, it reads, more-or-less, as a coherent story. Well, it is a post-singularity sci-fi story, so it is not completely comprehensible.
Overall, it is fun, with a few memorable characters and situations, but I wouldn't want to read much more in this style.
They must have enjoyed writing it because they continued with part 2 in [b:Appeals Court|6277857|Appeals Court|Charles Stross|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1279379412s/6277857.jpg|6461375] and combined those with a 3rd part in [b:The Rapture of the Nerds: A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations|13538762|The Rapture of the Nerds A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations|Cory Doctorow|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1335124441s/13538762.jpg|19101112].
Due to the authors' views on copyright, this is available legally as a free download here or all three parts here.
Overall, it is fun, with a few memorable characters and situations, but I wouldn't want to read much more in this style.
They must have enjoyed writing it because they continued with part 2 in [b:Appeals Court|6277857|Appeals Court|Charles Stross|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1279379412s/6277857.jpg|6461375] and combined those with a 3rd part in [b:The Rapture of the Nerds: A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations|13538762|The Rapture of the Nerds A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations|Cory Doctorow|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1335124441s/13538762.jpg|19101112].
Due to the authors' views on copyright, this is available legally as a free download here or all three parts here.
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