A review by charles_cbcpl
Counting Heads by David Marusek

5.0

A conspiracy/adventure SF novel, written by an author who clearly has as much of a grasp for cultural nuance as he does for technological speculation. This book has a similar appeal to The Diamond Age (another favorite). Like The Diamond Age, it tweaked my perception of the world hard enough to make ordinary life seem very surreal for several days. Update: I have since read the sequel, Mind Over Ship, which is very nearly as good as Counting Heads, and which lays the foundation for another book.