Teranesia / Greg Egan

Teranesia

(category: science fiction)
by

Greg Egan

published by Gollancz in 1995, read in October 2009

Agamedes' opinion:

Okay, so there's this creepy boy who grows into a creepy adult. He starts weird but gets weirder when he does something silly that results in his parents being killed. He has a younger sister who is worse: screams, throws tantrums, demands her own way. Somewhere in this story of the boy growing into a man, there is an almost incomprehensible threat of genetic mutation: a gene which acts as a quantum computer in order to get best results for its own future reproduction. The brilliant young sister finds a scientific solution, to save the world in the last chapter. Okay, it's quite a good idea. Cut the guilt-stricken "hero" rubbish, explain the new gene more clearly, there's a potential SF story there. As is, it's SF meets Mills & Boon.

Agamedes' rating: 4 out of 10

Amazon claim to sell it for 56 cents. Go ahead, follow the link, buy the book. If you really must.

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