レビュー要約

• 社会制度のアイデアと政治的議論の大胆さを楽しむ読者が多い。人物よりも思想実験に重心があるため、議論の濃さを魅力と感じる反応と、物語の進行を重く感じる反応に分かれる。

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• Brilliant idea that was explored in a captivating story

  I find myself captured with the idea of personal incorporation and love how all the aspects of it was explored in the book. Felt very disappointed when the book ended, especially as the sequel is written with much more of a sci-fi focus and does not match the first book.

• Five Stars

  Great sci-fi book, well worth a read :-)

• Interesting Twist on "You awake in the future and..."

  The concept of Incorporated Persons raises some disturbing ideas. It is thought provoking book and well worth reading. It has kept me turning the pages and made a 5 hour flight delay fly by.

• Prometheus Award Winning Novel

  According to Locus Magazine, this book was just awarded the 2009 Prometheus Award. Here's the full news story from their web site: 2009 Prometheus Awards -- posted Wednesday 21 July 2010 @ 5:07 pm PDT The Libertarian Futurist Society has announced that The Unincorporated Man by Dani & Eytan Kollin (Tor) is the winner of the 2009 Prometheus Award for Best Novel, and No Truce with Kings, by Poul Anderson, is the winner of the 2009 Hall of Fame Award. Runners-up for the Best Novel award were Hidden Empire by Orson Scott Card (Tor); Makers by Cory Doctorow (Tor); Liberating Atlantis by Harry Turtledove (Roc); and The United States of Atlantis by Harry Turtledove (Roc). The awards will be presented at Aussiecon 4, the 68th annual Worldcon, to be held September 2-6, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. Each Kollin will receive a gold coin and plaque. Poul Anderson's novels have previously won the Prometheus Award (in 1995, for The Stars are also Fire), and the Hall of Fame Award (1995 for The Star Fox and 1985 for Trader to the Stars). Anderson also received a Special Award for lifetime achievement in 2001. ----- When I read the book, I enjoyed it. However, I thought the political discussion was a little bit heavy handed, even though I generally agreed with it. I have two complaints about the Kindle edition. First, there is no active table of contents. I can understand a lack of a table of contents for a short story, but a novel? Second, not much care was taken in converting the books to the Kindle. Every chapter begins with a formatting problem. The first letter of the chapter is bold, larger in size, and on the preceding line from the rest of that paragraph. I only happens once per chapter, and can be ignored. But it shows a bit of lack of care about formatting the book. I'll post a screen shot so you can see about this formatting issue. But the book was fun, and I'm going to pick up the sequel ( The Unincorporated War ) as soon as its price drops a little.

• Science Fiction at Its Best!

  You must read all 4 books in this series to experience the depth and breadth of this epic saga. The Kollin brothers are so imaginative. There are twists and turns on every page. There's intrigue, space battles, avatars, RI, admirals, blessed ones, miners, jumpers, evil villains, and so much more. All built on the premise that human life in our solar system 300 years in the future, on Earth, is based on incorporation of each and every citizen, and the good and bad that brings. It'll make sense once you start reading. So, start reading.

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