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22nd Century Darwinians Challenge the Church in "Julian Comstock"

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D1Foley
05/30/09

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"For Julian's issues are our issues. The church tries to control our pop culture and politics; and disempowered, semi-literate people are sent by our governments to fight wars over resources they'll never be able to access."

I agree about the church, but the second part, wow! Semi-literate! Just because they joined the military doesn't mean they are less intelligent, people join the military for reasons other than national pride or blind acceptance of government.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
05/30/09

@D1Foley: Intelligence has nothing to do with literacy; last I checked, there were plenty of brilliant people who can't read (including the entire population of the Earth until recently).
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sphericaltime
05/30/09

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First, it's a good book. I liked it and recommend it.

Second, this review echoes my own.

Third, @jimb213, I suspect that the covers are designed by the same person, or perhaps this one was influenced by Liberation.
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Annalee Newitz
05/30/09

@sphericaltime: Thanks for posting your review - I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought the stuff about Julian's sexuality stuck out in an odd way.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
05/29/09

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This sounds familiar -- did he publish the early chapters online or as a separate story or something? B/c I've definitely read the Julian and Adam meet as boys with trusty Sam part.

Maybe my library will get this, but in this economy, I don't have much hope that they'll buy anything that isn't tipped to be an NYT bestseller.
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sphericaltime
05/30/09

@Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Yeah, it was a short story before it was expanded.

Also, some libraries have websites where you can suggest books to buy. I couldn't hurt to try, could it?
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
05/30/09

@sphericaltime: I live in California. We're lucky our library has enough money to stay open and keep the lights on. There are a lot of books they'd love to buy, but there isn't any money.

But thanks for letting me know where I'd seen this before. Probably in an anthology.
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jabrwok
05/29/09

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I read "peak oil" and my suspension of disbelief went out the window.
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Annalee Newitz
05/29/09

@jabrwok: Because oil is infinite in your universe?
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Grey_Area
05/29/09

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Oooh, I want this one. Wilson has a great story in the allohistory anthology Other Earths where ther is no American Civil War and slavery is abolished but at a terrible cost. Very smart writing that takes an unflinching eye to what a society will ignore.
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
05/29/09

@Grey_Area: I got that last weekend at the con. We know where it's going before the characters do, of course, but that adds to the suspense and the effect of the story.
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