A review by crimsoncor
The Bohr Maker by Linda Nagata

5.0

This book will remind you of a lot of things. There is a lot of [b:The Windup Girl|6597651|The Windup Girl|Paolo Bacigalupi|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1278940608l/6597651._SY75_.jpg|6791425] by Paolo Bacigalupi. A healthy dose of [b:River of Gods|278280|River of Gods (India 2047, #1)|Ian McDonald|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388256017l/278280._SX50_.jpg|2440580] by Ian McDonald. Some [b:Glasshouse|17866|Glasshouse|Charles Stross|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1433594992l/17866._SY75_.jpg|930588] by Charlie Stross. A bit of The Jean Le Flambeur trilogy by [a:Hannu Rajaniemi|2768002|Hannu Rajaniemi|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1300203018p2/2768002.jpg]. But guess what? This book came out almost a decade before any of those. Yeah, a woman did it first (and quite rightly got a Locus award for it, but not the mainstream cache) and did it spectacularly well. The only contemporaneous book that I can think that hits as many high notes in this particular sub-genre is Stephenson's [b:The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer|827|The Diamond Age Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer|Neal Stephenson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388180931l/827._SY75_.jpg|2181158] which came out a month before this book. I loved this book and then was completely blown away when I realized it was written in the mid 90's.