One in particular, called Nexus, has been surging in popularity. It is 2040, and mind control drugs are slowly becoming more prevalent and scary. Finally, upon reflection, I was able to pinpoint a reading that summed up Nexus's flaws and strengths: as a modern-day Edisonade.īefore I examine the Edisonade structure in detail, let me lay out the premise of the novel. On both of these levels, the novel was very frustrating. As I read it, I realized that I was rather reading a near-future spy thriller novel, one occasionally slowed down by intense philosophical speculations about post-human technology. The first sentence of the author bio is: "Ramez Naam is a professional technologist," so I was looking forward to a view of the bleeding edge of post-human technology grounded in today's tech developments. When I first approached the debut novel Nexus, I thought that I'd be reading a near-future hard SF novel about post-humanity.
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