Daily Archives: November 15, 2016

Teaser Tuesday – 15th November, 2016

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

This is my choice of the day:
Synners by Pat Cadigan
p. 147. ‘Oh, I already know how I’m going to vote.’ The senator glanced into the bowl of the pipe and took synnersanother puff. ‘You people don’t have to worry about that, I’ll vote for legalization, though it could be a rough ride. It’s the nastiest thing I’ve ever heard of. Possibly diabolical. If I thought I could stop it, I would.’

Insane people everywhere, Manny thought. What the hell was he smoking anyway?

BLURB: In Synners, the line between humanity and technology is hopelessly slim. The human mind and the external landscape have fused to the point where any encounter with ‘reality’ is incidental. Now you can change yourself to suit the machines – and all it will cost you is your freedom. And your humanity.

This one has been lurking on my TBR pile for far too long and as it’s Sci Fi month and I haven’t read anything like sufficient science fiction this year – I bumped it to the top. It’s taking me a while to get into it – cyberpunk is never a swift read as I find I have to keep paying attention. But now the world is becoming clearer, I’m thoroughly enjoying it, while remembering all over again why sci fi is my favourite genre of all…