WWW:Wake by Robert J. Sawyer
Type: Fiction
My rating: 3 stars (out of 5)
Why I chose it: Robert J. Sawyer is one of my favorite science fiction writers. He is the author of Flashforward (5-stars), the novel upon which the new ABC series of the same name is based. This is his latest novel and the first installment in the WWW trilogy.
What I liked about it: This novel explores an intriguing concept: What if the World Wide Web had a consciousness of its own? What if this artificial intelligence had an unlimited capacity to learn? The reason I didn't love this novel and rated it only a 3-star is that there were a few interesting side stories but those stories were left open-ended with some unanswered questions. Perhaps this was by design and this first installment merely sets up the characters and story lines which will be explored in subsequent chapters. We shall see.
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