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  • Mini review: ME: A Novel of Self-Discovery.

    From D@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 25 23:45:38 2025
    Dear rasw:ers,

    Just finished ME: A Novel of Self-Discovery and hereby I give it 3 out of
    5.

    Strong beginning, a story about an AI who goes on a journey of
    self-discovery. But the book does not feel very polished, annoying port addresses and ultimately boring descriptions of reasoning that take away
    from the story.

    I also feel the self-discovery could have been focused on a bit more, and
    I think it ends in a kind of trivial and abrupt way.

    3 out of 5. Will not read again.

    I think I'll return to 70s and 80s science fiction for a bit. Next will
    either be More than human, or some good, old cyberpunk from the 80s,
    possibly early 90s. We'll see.

    Let me also wish you all a pleasant evening and happy reading!

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sun Jan 26 11:07:53 2025
    On Sat, 25 Jan 2025, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    On 1/25/2025 4:45 PM, D wrote:
    Dear rasw:ers,

    Just finished ME: A Novel of Self-Discovery and hereby I give it 3 out of
    5.

    Strong beginning, a story about an AI who goes on a journey of self-
    discovery. But the book does not feel very polished, annoying port
    addresses and ultimately boring descriptions of reasoning that take away
    from the story.

    I also feel the self-discovery could have been focused on a bit more, and I >> think it ends in a kind of trivial and abrupt way.

    3 out of 5. Will not read again.

    I think I'll return to 70s and 80s science fiction for a bit. Next will
    either be More than human, or some good, old cyberpunk from the 80s,
    possibly early 90s. We'll see.

    Let me also wish you all a pleasant evening and happy reading!

    Try the book that I just reviewed, "Shards Of Earth". I have not read books 2 and 3 yet so I cannot verify that they are good also.

    And the Murderbot Diaries.
    https://www.amazon.com/All-Systems-Red-Murderbot-Diaries/dp/0765397536/

    Lynn

    Thank you Lynn, I'll definitely have a look!

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Sun Jan 26 11:08:37 2025
    On Sat, 25 Jan 2025, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    On 1/25/2025 4:45 PM, D wrote:
    Dear rasw:ers,

    Just finished ME: A Novel of Self-Discovery and hereby I give it 3 out of
    5.

    Strong beginning, a story about an AI who goes on a journey of self-
    discovery. But the book does not feel very polished, annoying port
    addresses and ultimately boring descriptions of reasoning that take away
    from the story.

    I also feel the self-discovery could have been focused on a bit more, and I >> think it ends in a kind of trivial and abrupt way.

    3 out of 5. Will not read again.

    I think I'll return to 70s and 80s science fiction for a bit. Next will
    either be More than human, or some good, old cyberpunk from the 80s,
    possibly early 90s. We'll see.

    Let me also wish you all a pleasant evening and happy reading!

    If you want to read recent books about AI robots, I have two:

    "Day Zero: A Novel" by C. Robert Cargill
    https://www.amazon.com/Day-Zero-C-Robert-Cargill/dp/0062405810/

    "Robopocalypse: A Novel (Vintage Contemporaries)" by Daniel H. Wilson https://www.amazon.com/Robopocalypse-Contemporaries-Daniel-H-Wilson/dp/0307740803/

    Lynn

    Thank you Lynn, quite a selection, but let's see which one catches my
    interest.

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