Distraction

21st century politics, it's much like 20th century politics. If

21st century politics, it's much like 20th century politics. If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with BS. It's just there are more/new ways to get everyone off topic. But, can someone who's spent his life spinning everything one way turn around and get the country back on track?

Not Distracting Enough

As with Sterling's other novels this dances around a series of social and, in this case, political issues that could work on a number of levels if only a bit of anticipation had been created. Unfortunately, at every step that excitement could have developed it was stopped before it could leave the gate ... this mainly is a result of the author inexpertly simply telling the reader action is taking place rather than writing it and letting us discover it for ourselves. The ideas, as always, are tantalizing and unique but are not devloped fully enough to be enjoyed as completely as they could be had the author let them reveal themselves as they unfolded. Sterling is much more at home with the format of the short story -- it is there that his true talent shines as we are given glimpses of what the near and not so near future may have in store for us.

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This book is simply amazing.

I have three favourite books, and they're all by the same author. This one is the latest. Incredibly mind-altering story with more twists than a woven wicker basket. Characters are not cardboard, cookie-cutter heroes and villains. Definitely humorous and serious at the same time. A must.