"Fascinating sci-fi"
At the beginning of the fourth millennium galaxy trader
Nathaniel Freer owns the space ship Tile Dance piloted by
artificial intelligence KathKirtt, an essence with two
brains. The crew consists of androids and cybernetic
beings. On a routine run, the Tile Dance heads to Trencher
to pick up cargo that they will next deliver to another
planet Eolhxir. At about the same time, a plague threatens to destroy
computer data. The dangerous impact includes those aging
humans that reside in outer space rest homes run by
companies like Insort Geront, the firm producing the
computer chips that cause the plaque. Only lenses from
Eolhxir can destroy the plague. Freer takes on board ship
an Eolhxir native with a lens. Now the Insort Geront
targets Freer and company for eradication so that their
master plan to control a galaxy can go on unimpeded.
Fleeing for his life, Freer meets Johnny Appleseed and
others who join with him to stop this nefarious plot from
succeeding. John Clute destroys the myth that them that can't write
write reference books. The award winning encyclopedist
provides science fiction fans with a strong futuristic tale
that never slows down as the audience goes for a hyperspeed
journey into various elements of the genre. Nathaniel is a
wonderful lead character who wants only to earn a living
picking up and delivering cargo and women, but now deals
with the galaxy wide conspiracy that has him trapped in the
middle. APPLESEED stretches credibility at times, but then
again that is the essence of science fiction, as Mr. Clute
would know from his encyclopedia days. Harriet Klausner - Copyright © 2002
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted December 20, 2001
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