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A review by spitzig
Glasshouse by Charles Stross
5.0
AWESOME! I have a very short list of "A" authors. Every book I've read by Stross has been great. This might have been my favorite.
Revolution in a society where everything is watched.
The main character lives in a society where body modifications can be extreme. He's usually been male. He's been a regiment of tanks. The novel takes place in a manufactured society. It's an experiment(so he thinks) to research "the Dark Ages"(1950-2050), called dark because they don't know much about that time. He's given a female body. He has difficulty adapting to the imposed social morals of our time-they are an extreme version, with only heterosexual partners and execution for adultery.
His focus on gender identity/switching is also made stranger by the fact that I read this as an audiobook. The reader was male, reading as a female character most of the time.
At one point, he/she is made into a Stepford Wife, and it shows the perspective of the Stepford Wife.
The characters are well done, too.
Revolution in a society where everything is watched.
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The main character lives in a society where body modifications can be extreme. He's usually been male. He's been a regiment of tanks. The novel takes place in a manufactured society. It's an experiment(so he thinks) to research "the Dark Ages"(1950-2050), called dark because they don't know much about that time. He's given a female body. He has difficulty adapting to the imposed social morals of our time-they are an extreme version, with only heterosexual partners and execution for adultery.
His focus on gender identity/switching is also made stranger by the fact that I read this as an audiobook. The reader was male, reading as a female character most of the time.
At one point, he/she is made into a Stepford Wife, and it shows the perspective of the Stepford Wife.
The characters are well done, too.