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Aug 19, 2017susan_findlay rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I found this book really interesting, and it contained many ideas that I hadn't previously seen in fiction. The game was an original device, and I appreciated the "aha!" moment it gave me. The opening chapters about the Chinese Revolution were easily the most compelling. They were certainly necessary to explain why anyone would give up on the human race to the degree that some of the characters do. They got me to "buy in" to the book and its world. The science fiction part was well done. Creative and interesting. As a physical scientist, I tend to be a bit picky about the science part of my science fiction. With only one or two minor "oh, really?" moments, the science seemed generally sound to me. This is definitely a book focused on setting and plot (rather than character), but I found the characters' motivations to be generally plausible, and I enjoyed reading it. I look forward to the rest of the trilogy.