Comments on: Nexus: fast technothriller about transhuman drug crackdown http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 12:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: dwightriot http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1671139 dwightriot Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1671139 Read it. Wasn't impressed. Same old same old. Read it. Wasn’t impressed. Same old same old.

]]> By: Gregor Mendel http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1613026 Gregor Mendel Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1613026 Especially with the re-reads.  I can't help it with Stephenson. Especially with the re-reads.  I can’t help it with Stephenson.

]]> By: Gregor Mendel http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1613023 Gregor Mendel Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1613023 "Camp Concentration" is my favorite in that genre.  Oh, I miss Thomas Disch! “Camp Concentration” is my favorite in that genre.  Oh, I miss Thomas Disch!

]]> By: Ioannis http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1612550 Ioannis Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1612550 Any news on an ebook? Amazon UK only do paperback. Any news on an ebook? Amazon UK only do paperback.

]]> By: Randy Walters http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1612215 Randy Walters Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1612215 No drugs? No aspirin? No alcohol? Antibiotics? Remarkable. No drugs? No aspirin? No alcohol? Antibiotics? Remarkable.

]]> By: Eric Martin http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1612043 Eric Martin Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1612043 I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking the same thing.

]]> By: James Churchill http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1611881 James Churchill Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1611881 After two Stephensons? Far future is probably more accurate :) After two Stephensons? Far future is probably more accurate :)

]]> By: min amisan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1611593 min amisan Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1611593 OK, I've added it to my reading queue... but it's behind at least two more Neal Stephensons and a couple of Kurzweils, so I'll be living in the near future by the time I get to it. OK, I’ve added it to my reading queue… but it’s behind at least two more Neal Stephensons and a couple of Kurzweils, so I’ll be living in the near future by the time I get to it.

]]> By: min amisan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1611591 min amisan Wed, 19 Dec 2012 06:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1611591 If you've never tried any, then how do you actually know you resent the implication? If you’ve never tried any, then how do you actually know you resent the implication?

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1611445 Halloween_Jack Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1611445 Sounds a bit like your story 0wnz0red, Cory. Any comparison?  Sounds a bit like your story 0wnz0red, Cory. Any comparison? 

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1611441 Paul Renault Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1611441 Is it available as an eBook?  So, y'know, I could read it on my, er, y'know? Is it available as an eBook?  So, y’know, I could read it on my, er, y’know?

]]> By: Al Billings http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1611337 Al Billings Tue, 18 Dec 2012 23:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1611337 I look forward to reading it. I look forward to reading it.

]]> By: Marc Mielke http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1611006 Marc Mielke Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1611006 Never having had either weak or strong level telepathy, I resent the implication that vapid club kids could ever develop psychic powers. (Book sounds great! Drugs giving mind powers is very PKD -- See "Cry My Tears, The Policeman Said".) Never having had either weak or strong level telepathy, I resent the implication that vapid club kids could ever develop psychic powers.

(Book sounds great! Drugs giving mind powers is very PKD — See “Cry My Tears, The Policeman Said”.)

]]> By: miasm http://boingboing.net/2012/12/18/nexus-fast-exciting.html#comment-1610973 miasm Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197243#comment-1610973 Never having taken drugs, I resent the implication that they can have any positive evolutionary effect on the mind. Never having taken drugs, I resent the implication that they can have any positive evolutionary effect on the mind.

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