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cecile87's review against another edition
5.0
A fun ride. Mix of Blade Runner noir and Altered Carbon dystopian sensibilities under your typical lone private eye bleakness. I appreciated some of the real references to blues artists. I have a couple now on my Spotify account. I found the characters decently drawn. I won't give it away here, but I found the echo of or nod to a horror classic fun as well.
misterg65's review against another edition
5.0
Really good read. The world is a mess due to pollution and more (what's new?) People are jacked into the net through implants, similar to cyberpunk novels. Add in a dash of Film Noir detectives, a war hero back story, and the ubiquitous "hooker with a heart of gold. Tie it together with lost love and you have Dome City Blues.
It's hard to believe that this was originally written in the early 90s!
It's hard to believe that this was originally written in the early 90s!
sfg2424gfn's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
snowcrash's review against another edition
4.0
I had come across the author some time back due to his submarine / naval fiction. I was surprised to see him in the sci-fi section with detective novels. This book wasn't published for nearly 20 years. The author said it was some of his first work.
Right at the beginning you need to realize this is a 1990 view of 2063. So no Internet, smart phones and things that are common place today. But here you find AI's, jackers in the Net, hovercars and a hard boiled detective. This book drips noire. As a towel would after landing on a wet street under a heavy sky. For the most part the descriptions and general flow work.
I want House. The main character has a very cool house AI named, House. I'll take it and its robotic helpers over a smart phone everyday. The interactions of our hard boiled detective with House while drinking scotch and listening to the Blues are just cool.
This is a fun book. It isn't trying to be anything more than a future noire novel with AI hanging out on the net. Look beyond the need for the main character to head home to check his messages. Just luxuriate in the words and feelings of David Stalin.
Right at the beginning you need to realize this is a 1990 view of 2063. So no Internet, smart phones and things that are common place today. But here you find AI's, jackers in the Net, hovercars and a hard boiled detective. This book drips noire. As a towel would after landing on a wet street under a heavy sky. For the most part the descriptions and general flow work.
I want House. The main character has a very cool house AI named, House. I'll take it and its robotic helpers over a smart phone everyday. The interactions of our hard boiled detective with House while drinking scotch and listening to the Blues are just cool.
This is a fun book. It isn't trying to be anything more than a future noire novel with AI hanging out on the net. Look beyond the need for the main character to head home to check his messages. Just luxuriate in the words and feelings of David Stalin.
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