Wetware

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Summary: exciting science fiction thrill ride
Review: Rudy Rucker's Wetware is a must read for any science fiction enthusiast. Rucker paints a very interesting view of the future where humans and robots have colonized the moon. After being exiled from Earth, robots created cities on the moon only to be again kicked out by humans. The robots, called boppers, now live beneath the moon's surface planning their revenge. When the boppers decide to re-colonize the earth through artificially impregnating a human woman, the story begins to take wild twists and turns. Like the rest of the book, Rucker does not disappoint his readers with the story's conclusion. Although Rucker adds a lot of his own jargon to the story, it is an easy read. Reading this book has turned me on to Rucker's other books in his four-part series and on to science fiction literature in general. Wetware appeals to a wide variety of people from the science fiction aficionado to the average reader.

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Summary: Inventive, silly
Review: This book is very inventive and, while obviously part of the cyberpunk movement, stays well away from cliches and imitations. That said, it fails to come up with a very significant plot and seems more like an exercise in style and a what-if than an enjoyable novel.

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Summary: A fun book containing original, outrageous concepts
Review: This book was a lot of fun to read. I've never cared for cyberpunk novels before, but this was great. The idea of robots wanting to create a human/robot combination is unique in my reading experience. None of the characters, human or robot, are at all respectable, but they are funny. The descriptions, especially of the robots'city, are vivid and imaginative