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Infinite Detail
by Tim Maughan
What would you do if the Internet disappeared? I don’t mean your home Wi-Fi shuts down for a few hours - I mean the Internet as we know it today crashes and burns. Maughan explores this idea in Infinite Detail by giving his take on life before and after a cyberterrorist attack effectively cancels the Internet.
I grow fonder and fonder of ID the more it infiltrated my thoughts in the time after I finished it. The first half of the novel keeps you guessing, almost to the point of frustration. But once the mysteries surrounding the terrorist attack were revealed, I literally sat in my bed, stared up at the ceiling, and said “Oh… my… god… THATMAKESSOMUCHSENSE.”
Aside from a couple clever reveals, Maughan’s ideas about technology in the near future kept me glued to this book. Most people wear “spex” in this futuristic world, or smart glasses that hold all of your information (literally everything) and can tell you almost as much about anyone that you look at who also wear spex. Tech lovers will want to check out this smart, dark, challenging novel.
Check out my in-depth review at Ars Technica.
I grow fonder and fonder of ID the more it infiltrated my thoughts in the time after I finished it. The first half of the novel keeps you guessing, almost to the point of frustration. But once the mysteries surrounding the terrorist attack were revealed, I literally sat in my bed, stared up at the ceiling, and said “Oh… my… god… THATMAKESSOMUCHSENSE.”
Aside from a couple clever reveals, Maughan’s ideas about technology in the near future kept me glued to this book. Most people wear “spex” in this futuristic world, or smart glasses that hold all of your information (literally everything) and can tell you almost as much about anyone that you look at who also wear spex. Tech lovers will want to check out this smart, dark, challenging novel.
Check out my in-depth review at Ars Technica.