Sometimes, the protagonists are gay, sometimes straight, sometimes transgender, you get the idea. Her boyfriend Antoine turns into Antoinette, their friend (sometimes more than that) Hector becomes Helen, and so on. Adrienne, our protagonist, is suddenly Adrian. The first thing you notice is the gender swap between chapters one and two. There is a relatively small cast of characters that we follow throughout the story but these characters are… let’s say fluid. I love a book that is also a puzzle and this one definitely fits that description. As the novel’s characters struggle to survive apocalypse, they are sustained and challenged by the demands of love in a shattered world both haunted and dangerous. The program’s data, however, has been corrupted. To be completely honest, I was curious mostly because the cover kind of stands out (I’m not a fan of it) – but that much acclaim can’t come from nothing, right? When Tom chose this book to be the August Sword & Laser book club pick, I was super excited to finally read it.Ī computer program etched into the atmosphere has a story to tell, the story of two people, of a city lost to chaos, of survival and love. I’ve had this book on my radar for a while, because it was nominated for the Otherwise Award, the Locus First Novel Award and the Philip K.
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