8 Jan 2019

Ajax Penumbra: 1969 by Robin Sloan

This was an enjoyable “back story” to the last book. It is logical to read it afterwards, as some of the forward references would make no sense otherwise. I enjoyed the setting: 1969 is a time that I can just about remember and the story mostly takes place in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, which is an area that i know well. There are references to sci fi books that are familiar: Dune and Foundation. I was surprised that nobody mentioned the moon landing, which was rather big news at the time.

Once again, I wonder if i have learned anything. Was the land on the edge of the bay reclaimed in the way it is described?

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