Bear Head
Ratings20
Average rating3.9
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Ratings20
Average rating3.9
Honey the genetically engineered bear starts a revolution on the Red Planet in the new novel from the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Children of Time. WELCOME TO HELL CITY, MARS Jimmy Martin has a sore head. He's used to smuggling illegal data in his headspace. But this is the first time it has started talking to him. The data claims to be a distinguished academic, author and civil rights activist. It also claims to be a bear. A bear named Honey. Jimmy has nothing against bioforms – he's one himself, albeit one engineered out of human stock – and works with them everyday in Hell City, building the future, staking mankind's claim to a new world: Mars. The problem is that humanity isn't the only entity with designs on the Red Planet. Out in the airless desert there is another presence. A novel intelligence, elusive, unknowable and potentially lethal. And Honey is here to make contact with it, whether Jimmy likes it or not. Praise for Bear Head: 'An unashamedly thrilling escapade' The Times 'Funny, appalling, gruesome and uplifting... Propelled by a cracking plot that balances dystopian satire with a palpable sense of moral peril' Daily Mail 'An absolute whammy of a read, and a must for anyone who enjoys a smart, fast-paced, hugely entertaining blast of speculative fiction... This is one of those books where you can just throw yourself and abandon yourself to a fabulous story, knowing you will be entertained throughout' LoveReading 'A rousing good read' Guardian 'If you're a fan of Black Mirror, this classic dystopian book will have you hooked within the first few pages. Smart, fast-paced, and razor-sharp, this book is surprisingly funny while still remaining deeply thought-provoking' Daily Express
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I loved the first book in this series so much that it was going to be difficult to stand up against it. But reading Bear Head made me realise that my love for the first was bolstered by my love for Rex and that the sequel could be just as good in very different ways.
Instead of loving a character and enjoying the plot as a secondary element, the sequel takes the concept I was enjoying and brought it to the forefront of the story. The new point of view character was less lovable (while still being enjoyable to read), so the plot and the wider concepts had more room to shine.
On Mars, our POV character is a low class worker who resents his life. He doesn???t have much, doesn???t get paid much at all and there???s barely anything to do between shifts. He even rents out storage space in his memory for cash. And then he stumbles into a fight for power that he absolutely doesn???t want any part in. This felt fun, like an action packed science fiction comedy, but also managed to discuss deeper topics and make me think all without taking a break from the enjoyment.
This was my first books by Tchaikovsky, but I???m absolutely intending on reading everything else he has released. A stand out series.
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2 primary booksDogs of War is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
