Everyone in Silico

by Jim Munroe

Book Overview

In Vancouver in 2036, people are tired of the rain. They're willing to give up a lot for guaranteed sunshine, a life with no wasted hours. A life free of crime and disease. A life that ends when you want it to, not when some faceless entity decides it's your time. Those who don't buy in - the poor, the old, the paranoid - have to watch as their loved ones, their friends, and their jobs leave the city. They have to watch as the latest prestige technology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0968636314
• ISBN13: 9780968636312
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Insomniac Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.

Customer Reviews

lately

I read this book years ago and kinda forgot about it, but from time to time I find myself thinking about it for no apparant reason and wanted to come here and give it a huge thumbs up.

Science, subculture, and silicon

It's always interesting to read someone's work after you've met them and spent some time talking about other topics. Jim's novel is very much a reflection and projection of his personality and interests. The anarchist former managing editor of Adbusters crams a lot of political, cultural, and scientific concepts into this novel, which is a good companion read to the work of Cory Doctorow. Everyone in Silico isn't hard sf -- but that doesn't mean that it's soft or easy. Jim's ideas of homegrown genetic engineering, subcultural self-organization, street-level marketing, and the economics and experience of a digital afterlife are fascinating and forward thinking. Down to details such as the tattoo that, when scanned, dials an encrypted phone number, Everyone in Silico's dystopian future is deftly and effectively outlined as the multilayered plot unfolds.(This review originally appeared in Heath Row's Media Diet, ...)

Snap this up if you can find it!

... take it from me, this is his finest book to date. Everyone in Silico explores -- with surprising delicacy -- themes ranging from the surreal to the quotidian and emerges triumphant and satisfying. ...

Snap this up if you can find it!

I plan to write a more detailed review later, but take it from me, this is his finest book to date. Everyone in Silico explores -- with surprising delicacy -- themes ranging from the surreal to the quotidian and emerges triumphant and satisfying. Buy Canuck and support this struggling independent author!