Thin Air

400 pages

Published March 30, 2007 by Gollancz.

ISBN:
978-0-575-07514-6
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I don't remember how I heard about this book, but I remember thinking that it sounded good. And it was. It's basically the same as Altered Carbon, in a positive way. Washed-out special ops guy solves some crazy scheme, has a lot of sex and saves the day. Veil's overrider thing, having to go into hibernation four months out of twelve, reminds me of the sleeving in Altered Carbon. Although, of course, that had a lot more societal impact. Overall I'd say Thin Air is the methadone to Altered Carbon's heroin. I guess that makes me the junkie who's mainlining this crazy sci-fi action. And I think I can live with that.

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I don't remember how I heard about this book, but I remember thinking that it sounded good. And it was. It's basically the same as Altered Carbon, in a positive way. Washed-out special ops guy solves some crazy scheme, has a lot of sex and saves the day. Veil's overrider thing, having to go into hibernation four months out of twelve, reminds me of the sleeving in Altered Carbon. Although, of course, that had a lot more societal impact. Overall I'd say Thin Air is the methadone to Altered Carbon's heroin. I guess that makes me the junkie who's mainlining this crazy sci-fi action. And I think I can live with that.

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4.5 stars.

Pretty minor spoilers ahead.

I read this in pretty short order. (A week or so.) its long, but fast paced, and as far as I remember, there was basically never a dull moment.

Oddly, the sex scenes were the worst parts for me. They all, with one exception, felt pretty contrived to me. More fantasy than in any way realistic, and lots of sex with folks it was clear the protagonist shouldn’t trust. It’s like he got off on it. Which is an interesting twist, but not (that I could tell) one the author planned intentionally.

The action was overall great. But I never quite understood the rules around hacking. Lots of things could be hacked at a distance. But some things needed touch, ...maybe? There is code in the sky, causing the terraforming, sure, I sort of get that, but there are also genetically modified mosquitoes that …

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