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Spherical Tomi
Can one woman escape her past?
Not if she is one of the greatest combat programmers in history.
Caught between two powerful warlords in the far future, and trapped by the memory of the man she couldn't save, Tomi must face the ghosts from her own past, and hide from a world that counts her among its most heinous criminals. Add to this challenge her rapidly deteriorating cloned body, falling apart just in time to meet a new invasion from an old friend, but not quite time enough to replace, and you have the makings of an all around bad day...
Not if she is one of the greatest combat programmers in history.
Caught between two powerful warlords in the far future, and trapped by the memory of the man she couldn't save, Tomi must face the ghosts from her own past, and hide from a world that counts her among its most heinous criminals. Add to this challenge her rapidly deteriorating cloned body, falling apart just in time to meet a new invasion from an old friend, but not quite time enough to replace, and you have the makings of an all around bad day...
- GenresAudiobookScience Fiction
64 pages, oversized chapbook
First published January 1, 2005
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August 4, 2008
Available as a Free Podiobook.
Sub-Genre is Cyber Punk.
The book presented an imaginative future where bodies and consciousness are freely interchangeable through the use of computer network systems; this is very similar to Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom except that the original birth body is preserved here and must be maintained while they are linked real time to specialized clone bodies for brief periods of time ... So there is a possibility of 'real' death. The ancient/feudal Japanese theme from which Mangan's vocabulary borrowed heavily was intriguing as well. As the story develops, the author reveals several sub-plots that deal with the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and self-awareness. This questions are left hanging in the cliff-hanger ending which I did not particularly care for, although a sequel has been promised.
Sub-Genre is Cyber Punk.
The book presented an imaginative future where bodies and consciousness are freely interchangeable through the use of computer network systems; this is very similar to Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom except that the original birth body is preserved here and must be maintained while they are linked real time to specialized clone bodies for brief periods of time ... So there is a possibility of 'real' death. The ancient/feudal Japanese theme from which Mangan's vocabulary borrowed heavily was intriguing as well. As the story develops, the author reveals several sub-plots that deal with the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and self-awareness. This questions are left hanging in the cliff-hanger ending which I did not particularly care for, although a sequel has been promised.
July 6, 2018
Very intriguing story, some language however.
March 1, 2016
The biggest gripe about this is the nonending. Like, this is where it stops? I also had a bit of an issue with the way characters talked. Like, you don't sound like humans. It needs a sequel, but I kinda don't care about the characters or their plights so I'm not sure if I would bother reading it. :\
December 31, 2015
Done!
Ok, where isthe sequel? :)
Ok, where isthe sequel? :)
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