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dsrtao_Shadow of the Scorpion_, Neal Asher
Gritty future ultraviolence, with nasty aliens (biology is destiny for the Prador) and full-range-of-human-complexity AIs.
Plus, the secret origin story of ace Polity agent Ian Cormac!
I like this stuff, but I don't pretend it's great literature. Asher's default level of tension and violence is about the same as the climactic bits of Iain Banks, and he doesn't turn it down very often. Some dynamics (in the musical sense) would be welcome.
Gritty future ultraviolence, with nasty aliens (biology is destiny for the Prador) and full-range-of-human-complexity AIs.
Plus, the secret origin story of ace Polity agent Ian Cormac!
I like this stuff, but I don't pretend it's great literature. Asher's default level of tension and violence is about the same as the climactic bits of Iain Banks, and he doesn't turn it down very often. Some dynamics (in the musical sense) would be welcome.
