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The Clockwork Atom Bomb by Dominic Green

gengelcox's review

4.0

For science fiction, this is some serious messed up stuff. Think [a:Bruce Sterling|34429|Bruce Sterling|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1379306689p2/34429.jpg] on steroids, with a hefty jolt of particle physics. I actually understand some of that, and this was like pushing [b:Godel Escher Bach|10122804|Gödel, Escher, Bach|Agnes F. Vandome|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347517748l/10122804._SX50_.jpg|15020539] in front of Stephen Hawking and letting the two fornicate. That latter sentence means that this style is catching, as well. The future is ugly, from a nuclear point of view, because once one country knows how to make one of these things, well every two-bit dictator must follow suit. Wow, this is weird and strange and I’m not sure I want to recommend it, because it really is too depressing to think about.