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Summary: Not that heavy "Weather"
Review: Bruce Sterling's "Heavy Weather" has an excellent concept that is just not brought off all that well. A story about a group of post-Greenhouse effect stormchasers going after the BIG one (tornado) should be faster paced and much scarier than this novel. Sterling also does not give a very coherent view of what the world is like during its period of so-called "heavy weather," given that all of the action takes place in Texas and Oklahoma. There is also an evil consortium subplot that makes very little sense. That said, most of the the main characters are quite likable and very believable. Their story is just not as remarkable as it ought to be.Overall, I would give this book a marginal recommendation to sci-fi buffs and perhaps disaster buffs. It moves slowly at times, but there are enough interesting ideas to make it worth your while if you're interested in the subject matter.
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Summary: A nice break from traditional cyberpunk
Review: Bruce Sterling's Heavy Weather is a nice break from such traditional cyberpunk novels as: Slant, Shockwave Rider, and Neuromancer. If you want to read about a different way hacking and advanced technology may affect our world, definitely read Heavy Weather. I enjoyed it because sometimes I have trouble following cyberpunk terminology, but this seemed more on my level. Although it is slow at times, Sterling does a good job of character building. The reader gets to know Alex and Jane Unger, and it is interesting to see how they develop over the course of their mission.
The concept of hacking heavy weather is a twisted idea. I find the thought of it very interesting. The Storm Troupe sets up camp in Texas and Oklahoma with hopes of eventually discovering the F-6 tornado. The F-6 tornado is the epitome of all tornadoes and had been anticipated by the Storm Troupe for quite some time. If the Troupe can hack into weather, it raises the question: Could this storm have been programmed? Could someone have actually developed such a storm? If it can be hacked, then isn't it programmable?
Sterling builds the expected destruction caused by this tornado and then ends it so quickly. He spent too much time building and taking the reader's imagination to a place it wasn't expected to go. Despite this, it was a very good book. It was easy to read and fun to imagine myself living in a wild group such as the Storm Troupe. It definitely inspires adventure!
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Summary: Well it started well
Review: But just at about the halfway poin the execution kind of dies, and as much as I like Sterling,the writeing style ends up comeing off as sort of a Gibson knock off
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Summary: Fun Tornado Book (Much better than Twister!!!!!!!!!)
Review: Ever wonder where the movie "Twister" got its most famous scene about the flying cow? From this book. Read it. It is a good romp through a slightly post apocalyptic future
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Summary: dusty cyberpunk
Review: Finally a cyberpunk novel that is not as sleek and fast as most. While you read it you can almost feel the sand and dust between the pages. This book feels more like cyberzztop than a cyberpunk novel.
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Summary: Flashy, but....
Review: Flashy, vivid, involving novel by 1 of "cyberpunk"'s clearest, most incisive thinkers. But: Sterling & his storm chasers spend the Ntire novel waiting 4 the ultimate tornado, & when it hits, they all get stranded offstage & can't C what's going on -- all this work 2 build up 2 a scene Sterling won't (or can't?) Dscribe? This Cms a major flaw, 2 me. Rest of the story's solid & carries U along -- my favorite section is 1 early scene when a character flies over the camp of the storm chasers. Not a great book -- I felt let-down by the Nding -- but solid....
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Summary: Sophomoric writing make this unreadable
Review: Flat characters and pedestrian prose make this a real sleeper. While there may be action, action, action, the characters are juvenile and appear to be going nowhere. This book popped up when I entered my tastes - which go toward literature! This is not literature.
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Summary: Heavy Weather
Review: I picked up Heavy Weather after reading that Bruce Sterling's work was comparable to William Gibson. I couldn't have been more wrong! Boring and cheesy are the two best words to describe Heavy Weather. I don't think anyone will be saying "mega tasty" anytime in the future, especially since that came and went in the 80s. The plot moves so slowly it's almost painful, the characters are sad stereotypes and I don't think that using the word "hack" a million times qualifies this as cyberpunk sci-fi. Definitely avoid this book, and, if this is indicative of Bruce Sterling's work, avoid all of his books. My time would've been far better spent rereading Neuromancer.
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Summary: One of his better ones...
Review: I recently reread this book, and I like it much better than some of Sterling's more recent books like Holy Fire or Distraction. The plot is less meandering than the other books, but does have many intersting diversions. Sterling casually throws off some ideas and commentaries about technology and society that could provide whole books for lesser writers. The tone of the book, while describing some scary and intense events, is nevertheless wry and affectionate toward the characters. I think this one holds up well.
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Summary: Interesting Ideas, But Not Much on Plot
Review: In "Heavy Weather" Bruce Sterling attempts to construct a storyline around a bunch of very interesting "futureshock" concepts. Unfortunately the concept is better than the execution. The plot alternately plods and accelerates, and its two main characters are not the most likable in fiction, particularly that of Jane/Juanita. After only adequately building the suspense for almost 300 pages, the ending totally wimps out, with some of its key action "off-stage". Doesn't anyone know how to end a story any more? While this book offers some interesting parts, there is too much speculation and not enough fiction in this speculative fiction.
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