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Tony Ballantyne, Recursion
Bantam (2004) ISBN: 0-553-58928-8
Score: -3
A far future science fiction novel about Von Neumann machines (and maybe an AI conspiracy). The narration interleaves three POV characters separated by 50 and 100 years. If I hadn't been in need of something to read at work (while reading Erikson at home), I would have put it down when two characters make many copies of their minds, upload them into computers in enemy cities, run a perfect simulation of that city so their personalities can explore it (at human walking speeds), and then send the copies back (with their new memories) for analysis, all without the enemy noticing anything. Unfortunately, this wasn't the silliest use of VR in the book.
Bantam (2004) ISBN: 0-553-58928-8
Score: -3
A far future science fiction novel about Von Neumann machines (and maybe an AI conspiracy). The narration interleaves three POV characters separated by 50 and 100 years. If I hadn't been in need of something to read at work (while reading Erikson at home), I would have put it down when two characters make many copies of their minds, upload them into computers in enemy cities, run a perfect simulation of that city so their personalities can explore it (at human walking speeds), and then send the copies back (with their new memories) for analysis, all without the enemy noticing anything. Unfortunately, this wasn't the silliest use of VR in the book.
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