Book description
What does it mean to be human when you're part of the machine?
Synners are synthesizers - not machines, but people. They take images from the brains of performers, and turn them into a form which can be packaged, sold and consumed. This book is set in a world where…
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1 author picked Synners as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Synners is a book you’ve got to want to read, it is not casual. The mix of prose and blank verse create a haunting text, but the pacing has been noted by some reviewers as a weak point—which misses the point. The protagonists in Synners are, effectively, hackers of a sort, virtual reality aficionados who create VR content, plugging their minds directly into their hardware: then, something goes wrong in the global VR networks, people start dying from the online experience, and it’s only these plunky, drugged-out adventurers who can untangle the plot and save the day. The complication is…
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