V. I.: Viral Intelligence

by Don DeBrandt and Don DeBarant

Book Overview

It's viral. It's intelligent. It's spreading....An organism from an alien world has linked with an artificial intelligence. The result: A true computerbug that hungers for flesh and blood. Now the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0441007163
• ISBN13: 9780441007165
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.7"

Customer Reviews

More imaginiative than most SF I encounter.

I am not much of a SF fan, but this book is so fantastically creative and varied in its structure and subject matter that I fell in love with it. It is not the typical SF setting or story, which works quite well for the book. The use of myth, legend, and popular culture also helped enrich what otherwise would have been an oddly inaccessible fantasy setting. This book is quite funny at times, which helps dispel SF and Fantasy's tendency to stay a little too serious. The characters are memorable, the plot is intricate and well-woven, and the writing itself is pleasant to read. It is not high art, so it shouldn't be held to high art's standards. But for a Science Fiction book, it is one of the best I have ever read.

Very Intricate Plot and Memorable Characters

V.I. is not garbage like a certain reviewer has said. The plot twists, turns, and leaves your head spinning in some places. A certain level of intelligence is required to grasp the weaving story. If you are into cyber thrillers or just love reading great plots, get this book! I read this in 2 days and the loss of time was worth it!

A very plot heavy book.

This book was incredible. It had every thing from geneticly designed species to little nono ticks that can rearange the molecular structure of just about any thing, and a amoeba like species called Toolies. Its Nuts! But at the same time it had a intriuging plot and kept me reading for hours on end. What really gets me though is when Sentry (thats me)gets his head chopped off by Hone's finger laser. That is just sad. Specially since Sentry is one of the best charecters in the book. But thats life. But in closing the charecters were intresting and actually had a personality (very vivid personalities)and the book has a plot where you can see whats ahead but you are surprised when something different happens than what you expect. I give this book 5 Stars.