Paperback, 320 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2023 by Griffin.
Mickey hat einen einfachen Job. Er hilft einer Expeditionscrew, den Eisplaneten Niflheim zu kolonisieren, und dabei übernimmt er alle gefährlichen Aufgaben. Wenn er draufgeht, ist das kein Problem, denn dann wird einfach der nächste Klon von Mickey generiert und macht da weiter, wo sein Vorgänger aufgehört hat. Aber irgendwann fasst Mickey Nr. 7 einen unerhörten Entschluss: Er will nicht sterben. Aber wie überlebt man als Wegwerfklon auf einer tödlichen Mission?
Interessante Story die amüsant rübergebracht wird. Trotzdem macht man sich manchmal ernsthaftere Gedanken...wie wäre es wohl, wenn man an der Stelle des Protagonisten wäre?
Ich werde mich jetzt den zweiten Teil der Buchserie wagen und bin auf die Verfilmung mit dem Namen "Mickey 17" gespannt.
It's a weird and grotesque idea. And the book itself was a bit dark and depressing, especially the antagonist, but I still enjoyed the story. There's some "fun" scenes, like playing rock-paper-scissors above the black hole of death or the clones having a sex party, where you end up thinking; what the fuck?
Fun light-hearted sci-fi. It doesn't aim higher than that but it accomplishes it perfectly. My low rating only reflects that I don't think anyone misses anything if they skip it. But they wouldn't regret reading it either.
It is built from a fantastic batch of components. 1) A colony ship traveling a decade to settle a new planet. 2) The planet is a snowball with hostile life that can bite through steel walls. 3) They fail to grow food and are starving. 4) Mickey's job is to die and be recreated. 5) Every character is a comic on par with The Martian's Mark Watney. 6) Mickey gets accidentally duplicated.
Each of these on their own would be a solid foundation for a story. Combined, they are just a lot of fun!
I'm looking forward to the movie adaptation. I'm hoping they either keep it as light-hearted fun, but it comes …
Fun light-hearted sci-fi. It doesn't aim higher than that but it accomplishes it perfectly. My low rating only reflects that I don't think anyone misses anything if they skip it. But they wouldn't regret reading it either.
It is built from a fantastic batch of components. 1) A colony ship traveling a decade to settle a new planet. 2) The planet is a snowball with hostile life that can bite through steel walls. 3) They fail to grow food and are starving. 4) Mickey's job is to die and be recreated. 5) Every character is a comic on par with The Martian's Mark Watney. 6) Mickey gets accidentally duplicated.
Each of these on their own would be a solid foundation for a story. Combined, they are just a lot of fun!
I'm looking forward to the movie adaptation. I'm hoping they either keep it as light-hearted fun, but it comes off better on film, or they add some ambition and depth and make it all more meaningful.
I figured going in I'd either love or hate this. The notion of being a disposable person with cloned versions of yourself waiting in tanks is familiar enough to me (such as the "troubleshooters", the player characters in the RPG Paranoia) that I've seen the possibilities for how surprisingly dull it can get.
Mickey7 did not fall into those traps. Through cleverly timed breaks for exposition and world building, mixed with just the right amount of gallows humor, I was never caught wishing the story would just move on already or felt the need to take breaks to escape the darkness.
In an interesting science fiction setting of humans trying to establish a beachhead colony on an inhospitable world, Mickey7 shows us how we can process trauma, how our past selves shape but do not define who we presently are. I see a movie is being made from it, and …
I figured going in I'd either love or hate this. The notion of being a disposable person with cloned versions of yourself waiting in tanks is familiar enough to me (such as the "troubleshooters", the player characters in the RPG Paranoia) that I've seen the possibilities for how surprisingly dull it can get.
Mickey7 did not fall into those traps. Through cleverly timed breaks for exposition and world building, mixed with just the right amount of gallows humor, I was never caught wishing the story would just move on already or felt the need to take breaks to escape the darkness.
In an interesting science fiction setting of humans trying to establish a beachhead colony on an inhospitable world, Mickey7 shows us how we can process trauma, how our past selves shape but do not define who we presently are. I see a movie is being made from it, and I fear it will lose a lot of what I love in the translation. I did pre-order the sequel book, though, and am looking forward to more of Mickey.
Audiobook.
Fun quick listen. Good setup for next book. Audio well done.
Funny! Mickey is immortal by virtue of being able to make a backup of himself that can be downloaded into new clone bodies. He has thus far died 6 times, which makes his current body Mickey7. Death is a pretty regular occurrence when you're the official Expendable on an interstellar colony ship that landed on a hostile planet. When he's assumed to have died a seventh time, and Mickey8 steps out of the cloning vats, that's when his troubles really begin, though.
This book is a fun spin on the whole "what makes you yourself?" question in SF that's also coming up when you discuss Star Trek transporters, mixed in with a good dollop of other issues, this book was a ride.
I picked up this book because I heard that Bong Joon-Ho is going to turn it into a movie.
It's a fun enough read. Thematically it reminded me of the 2009 movie Moon, but with a lot of added comedy that didn't quite hit the mark for me. If you're a fan of hard scifi, this book isn't for you. If you want a more lighthearted take on what human cloning would mean and what kind of unintended consequences it might lead to, you might as well give this one a read. Or you could just wait for the movie.
The idea of a “ship of Theseus” disposable human is engaging, but the book doesn’t do it justice. It’s a short read, not without its entertaining moments, but I don’t think I’ll be curious enough to read what’s bound to come next.
Quick, silly two day read during a bout with Covid. About what my brain could handle. In better hands, the idea could have been really well done. As is, it passed the time
