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A review by reuben_surrender
Nexus by Ramez Naam
5.0
A short review - It has been a very long time since I read a good new cyberpunk thriller. I'm glad that there are some authors out there still writing in this genre. The problem with writing a novel in this genre is that we live in a world where we are totally jaded and lost all sense of wonder. We lost our ability to dream what the future might holds. Part of the reason is that the technological dreams of yester-year never quite materialize - the jet-packs, the flying cars, the moon-bases. As a result, our visions are bleak and based on some dystopian future which typically is a mere reflection of what our society is now.
I'm glad to read a novel that breaks out of the mold. The ideas presented in the novel are interesting. The idea of human augmentation (post-human, trans-human) is not new. But the repercussions of implementation at the cusp of this new technology is what is discussed in this novel. How does one cross from being totally natural human, to an augmented post-human? What does it mean to society? How does it impact human psychology and acceptance? These are the underpinnings of this novel.
I'm glad to read a novel that breaks out of the mold. The ideas presented in the novel are interesting. The idea of human augmentation (post-human, trans-human) is not new. But the repercussions of implementation at the cusp of this new technology is what is discussed in this novel. How does one cross from being totally natural human, to an augmented post-human? What does it mean to society? How does it impact human psychology and acceptance? These are the underpinnings of this novel.