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A review by squirrelallie
Echopraxia by Peter Watts
5.0
Fun, visceral sci fi that does not hesitate to let it get weird. Weaponized zombies, genetically reconstructed vampires brought back from extinction to play the financial markets, and general consciousness as a viral quirk.
There are about 150 endnotes that link to scientific journal articles at the end of the book to show how such things could be possible and even logical. I almost did a spit-take laugh when I got to the last of these endnotes where he wrote along the lines of, "The general idea that free will does not exist has too much evidence to even start listing stuff here. It just doesn't exist. If you've gotten to this point in your life and still somehow believe it does then I just can't help you."
There are about 150 endnotes that link to scientific journal articles at the end of the book to show how such things could be possible and even logical. I almost did a spit-take laugh when I got to the last of these endnotes where he wrote along the lines of, "The general idea that free will does not exist has too much evidence to even start listing stuff here. It just doesn't exist. If you've gotten to this point in your life and still somehow believe it does then I just can't help you."