Lobsters – Charles Stross
General Information
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Title: Lobsters
Author: Charles Stross
Read By: Shondra Marie, Jared Doreck
Copyright: 2001
Genre: Sci-Fi
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Total Duration: 1:08:43
Total MP3 Size: 31.48
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Book Description
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"ManfredÆs on the road again, making strangers rich. ItÆs a hot summer
Tuesday and heÆs standing in the plaza in front of the Centraal Station
with his eyeballs powered up and the sunlight jangling off the canal,
motor scooters and kamikaze cyclists whizzing past and tourists chattering
on every side. The square smells of water and dirt and hot metal and
the fart-laden exhaust fumes of cold catalytic converters; the bells
of trams ding in the background and birds flock overhead."
LetÆs just say itÆs a crying shame and leave it until later to explain
why.
Manfred Macx is a patent junkie, spending his days dreaming up ideas
that will make him rich, very rich indeed; patents them and offers them
up to whomever for free. In doing so has shunned the want for cash,
preferring to live off the generosity from his benefactors. Enter into
this story, uploaded lobsters wanting to defect, investigations from
the IRS and a dominatrix ex- girlfriend who works for said IRS and youÆve
got yourself a hip post-cyberpunk tale.
With Lobsters, Charles ôCharlieö Stross has set his stopwatch to just
70 minutes. In that time heÆs allowed to blast your senses with an array
of images and visualizations and does so with perfect storytelling,
skill and timing. Image after image explode onto your brain with the
speed of a flashing strobe light. He throws away metaphors and similes
as if heÆd robbed the World Vocabulary bank. One after the other they
hit you with delight and clarity until the end, and like all addictive
tales, Lobsters leaves you a word junkie, aching for more.
There are two themes filtering through StrossÆ Lobsters. On one hand
you have Manfred, a high octane, finger on the pulse, grab it before
its gone guy, focused on the moment, on the idea and on the deal. Live
for the moment. Then you have StrossÆ craftily ability to weave ManfredÆs
ex-girlfriend into the story, bringing her subtle butt very practical
approach to the future. Is Manfred up for this latest and most challenging
proposal of his life? ItÆs a question we might all ask ourselves at
one point through our lives.
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