Vacuum Flowers
Readers rate it 3.1 (8 on Hardcover)
231 pages · Released May 31, 2016 · Open Road Media
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Vacuum Flowers is a cyberpunk science fiction thriller with sophisticated philosophical themes about identity and corporate control that appeal to mature teen readers. While the violence and profanity are restrained for the genre, the book's exploration of body-stealing, fugitive survival, and existential questions about personality and autonomy require some emotional maturity. The novel prioritizes plot and ideas over graphic content, but deals with morally gray situations and corporate villainy that feel weighty.
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A cyberpunk thriller from Nebula Award winner Michael Swanwick that explores bioengineering, wetware, and the riddle of personality Rebel Elizabeth Mudlark is a recorded personality owned by corporate giant Deutsche Nakasone. When Rebel's personality is uploaded to persona tester Eucrasia Walsh and burned into her brai... A cyberpunk thriller from Nebula Award winner Michael Swanwick that explores bioengineering, wetware, and the riddle of personality Rebel Elizabeth Mudlark is a recorded personality owned by corporate giant Deutsche Nakasone. When Rebel's personality is uploaded to persona tester Eucrasia Walsh and burned into her brain, Rebel escapes the corporation and takes off across an exotically transformed solar system, hijacking Eucrasia's body and becoming the most wanted fugitive in existence. A fast-paced technological thriller, Vacuum Flowers allows the reader to consider the implications of bioengineering while providing an entertaining and dynamic story. Reminiscent of the innovative work of Philip K. Dick, William Gibson, and Bruce Sterling, this high-tech work of science fiction carves out a niche all its own with themes as relevant today as when it was first published.
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- Fiction
- Fantasy
- Science fiction
- Space
- Fiction, science fiction, general
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ISBN 9781504036504 · Open Road Media