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ahsimlibrarian 's review for:
Beggars in Spain
by Nancy Kress
Really enjoying this so far despite the unfortunate Angelina Jolie-esque circa Hackers face on the cover...
This was great and so smart. Kress takes the premise--of humans genetically modified not to sleep--and shows how prejudice and politics mount in the lives of the Sleepless, who possess superior intelligence to boot, and the Sleepers, who are slowly outclassed. It stretches the premise in plausible ways while telling a compelling story with three-dimensional characters. Really, really impressive and thought-provoking.
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This was great and so smart. Kress takes the premise--of humans genetically modified not to sleep--and shows how prejudice and politics mount in the lives of the Sleepless, who possess superior intelligence to boot, and the Sleepers, who are slowly outclassed. It stretches the premise in plausible ways while telling a compelling story with three-dimensional characters. Really, really impressive and thought-provoking.
my booktalk video