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The Other Side
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A young man barely survives an explosion in space. Thanks to modern technology, he is kept alive while parts of him are re-generated. His brain was also damaged. He has to re-learn language, emotions and simply how to be. He is one protagonist and a woman, Alenia, is the other. Due to the way the story is written in first person, alternating between both it took me a while to get this. But after re-reading the beginning chapters a couple of times I allowed myself to obsess less about remembering all the details and got into the story.
Both protagonists have the aid of artificial intelligence or AI’s for short.
The young man has plenty of mental conversations with his AI, or DigitalEgo, fittingly called Diego-- via an implanted chip. Some of these conversations are not clearly referenced which was the cause of my needing to go back and re-read certain chapters. Imagine have an Echo in your brain instead of sitting on the side table of your home. Diego is ready, willing and able to answer most any question the young man has, even erasing memories to keep him safe.
The young man has a particular skill in that he has a connection with the powerful Field that was put into place by the Travellers, a not so benign group of aliens. In the past this Field has been used to kill billions of people.
Needless to say the rebels battling against the aliens and their own abusive government are interested in taking advantage of the kid’s skill.
The alternating POV’s provide a rich picture of this universe and the lengths that the resistance are willing to go to, even using this kid, to change things. Some of the more inventive parts could use a bit more explanation to offer more clarity for the reader.
I wanted to give this story 3.5 stars and rounded up in my posting.
The heroes of this novel have some difficult challenges to overcome, including one that could destroy the universe as they know it in their quest to overthrow an oppressive government. I won’t go into details about the end to avoid giving away any spoilers. I think if a reader has the patience to go slow through the opening chapters, they’ll get more out of the story
Both protagonists have the aid of artificial intelligence or AI’s for short.
The young man has plenty of mental conversations with his AI, or DigitalEgo, fittingly called Diego-- via an implanted chip. Some of these conversations are not clearly referenced which was the cause of my needing to go back and re-read certain chapters. Imagine have an Echo in your brain instead of sitting on the side table of your home. Diego is ready, willing and able to answer most any question the young man has, even erasing memories to keep him safe.
The young man has a particular skill in that he has a connection with the powerful Field that was put into place by the Travellers, a not so benign group of aliens. In the past this Field has been used to kill billions of people.
Needless to say the rebels battling against the aliens and their own abusive government are interested in taking advantage of the kid’s skill.
The alternating POV’s provide a rich picture of this universe and the lengths that the resistance are willing to go to, even using this kid, to change things. Some of the more inventive parts could use a bit more explanation to offer more clarity for the reader.
I wanted to give this story 3.5 stars and rounded up in my posting.
The heroes of this novel have some difficult challenges to overcome, including one that could destroy the universe as they know it in their quest to overthrow an oppressive government. I won’t go into details about the end to avoid giving away any spoilers. I think if a reader has the patience to go slow through the opening chapters, they’ll get more out of the story
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January 20, 2017
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January 20, 2017
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January 29, 2017
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