The Rapture of the Nerds: A tale of the singularity, posthumanity, and awkward social situations

I've never read Doctorow before but I've read quite a few Stross novels and this fits squarely in his techno-geek SF vein of novels, quite similar to Accelerando in style, theme and even plot to some extent.

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It was OK. Too much Stross, too little Doctorow? Can't tell for sure if that's why it was only OK.

I can read only so much Stross at a time. His vaunted inventiveness always seems shallow. (And plotwise, this book seems repetitive to me.) I would read this book a while, then say, "I've had enough of this buggery," and put it down. Several times over a couple of weeks, I didn't pick it up to continue reading. (I usually read a book over the space of a few days.)

So what does that say about this book, or me? Make of it what you will. If you like Doctorow and/or Stross, you might like this one. If you like the Doctorow-Stross combo, I think you'll like this.