- Taschenbuch: 309 Seiten
- Verlag: Wired Books; Auflage: Reissue (6. November 1997)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 188886916X
- ISBN-13: 978-1888869163
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 18,8 x 12,4 x 2 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 2.7 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (3 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 460.426 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The entertainment industry rules on the planet Reverie, a world founded by Moses Moses as an experiment in corporately controlled equality. Instead, the experiment has caused Reverie to mutate into a landscape of decadence and class separation. Miles above the surface, the ultra-wealthy live in orbital homes, watching the surface citizens' home-produced videos of sex and extreme violence. The title character of The Artificial Kid, Arti, is the most popular of the Combat Artists. These futuristic mirrors of professional wrestlers or American Gladiators confront each other in superhero-esque battles (although the Combat Artists' contests are real) within a complex system of honor, ritual, and conduct. Arti has reached the height of his fame--equally loved by his fans and friends and despised by his competitors. However, he is not entirely who he seems to be, and when the planetary founder mysteriously returns, The Artificial Kid finds himself embroiled in a battle for power that's not ready for prime time. Bruce Sterling, best known for his nonfiction work, The Hacker Crackdown, and the classic cyberthriller, Islands in the Net, presents a seminal, vivid, and turbulent future in The Artificial Kid. The Artificial Kid is a work of satirical social commentary with the breakneck pace of a Hong Kong action film.
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The ultra-rich satellite-dwellers orbiting t he planet Reverie love to tune in to the televised exploits of combat artist, The Artificial Kid. But when an enemy disc overs a secret from his past, the Kid must face the fiercest battle of his life. '
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I typically will give a book 50 to 100 pages to get really interesting. With Sterling I gave it the entire book and what a waste of good ink. I enjoy reading junk mail more than this dribble. I typically enjoy Sterling and think he has done well for the craft - but this is a stinker. The Kid is uni-dimensional, Moses-Moses never reaches his potential to impact the story and Twice-borne rounds out a crew that never really endears the reader to struggle to the next page. The plot wanders around from one disjointed event to another without interest or credibility. I secretly hoped for a flock of flying talking dogs to carry them away from the floating island - anything to add some reality and substance to the plot. Thank death this book is out of print; someone has a brain. Sorry Bru everyone has a bad hair day once in a while.
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Fun, strange, good! You buy now!
One note: the Wired Books edition used a font I found a bit annoying. I'm hoping the next printing won't have that problem. In any case, this book was worth ignoring the font problem.
Format:Taschenbuch
Sterling's The Artificial Kid works best as an adventure story with intense action, whose closest relatives would be Japanese anime pictures. He also tries to make this a novel of ideas (longevity, personality worship, identity politics), but they remain largely undeveloped. Nevertheless, its an entertaining book.
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