The Seizure Trilogy: If Then (Series #2) (Paperback)

from orkydd

3.5 stars in fact.After an economic and societal collapse, the citizens of Lewes have submitted themselves to rule by an all encompasing data collection algorithm, 'the Process'. Via ubiquitous organic implants, the emotional satisfaction of the participants is monitored, and the 'Process' dispen...

from BrandieC

3.5 stars Matthew De Abaitua's If Then is a surrealistic blend of the dystopian government control of 1984, the alternate history of Harry Turtledove, and the computer algorithms of The Matrix, with a touch of horrific human experimentation àla The Island of Doctor Moreau for added flavor. As com...

from rrees

There are two interesting stories here, one about mystical stretcher bearers in World War One and their response to the experience of war and an another about the experience of living under the control of an AI. For me the two don't complement or reflect one another and the switching between the ...