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WWW: Wake

4 Ratings: 4.3
A book by Robert J. Sawyer

From Publishers Weekly   Starred Review. The wildly thought-provoking first installment of Sawyer's WWW trilogy, serialized in Analog in 2008 and 2009, explores the origins and emergence of consciousness. Blind teen Caitlin Decter gets … see full wiki

Author: Robert J. Sawyer
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
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review by . June 07, 2009
posted in Forbidden Planet - Sci-Fi Books & Films!
Robert Sawyer is one of my all time favorite science fiction writers.  The start of his new WWW trilogy is very promising, although WWW: Wake does have a few flaws, mostly because of loose ends that will be tied up in future novels (I hope). In Wake we meet Catlin Decter, a blind 15-year old girl, who also happens to be brilliant.  When a new experimental technology comes along that can cure her type of blindness, she receives an implant in her eye that allows for the signals to be processed …
review by . June 07, 2009
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Robert Sawyer is one of my all time favorite science fiction writers. The start of his new WWW trilogy is very promising, although WWW: Wake does have a few flaws, mostly because of loose ends that will be tied up in future novels (I hope).    In Wake we meet Catlin Decter, a blind 15-year old girl, who also happens to be brilliant. When a new experimental technology comes along that can cure her type of blindness, she receives an implant in her eye that allows for the signals …
review by . April 07, 2009
I was so thrilled to get an early copy of this book shipped to me by the author himself. Thanks Robert! The book didn't disappoint. Caitlin, a teenager blind from birth is a math genius and an internet whiz. She is a candidate for a special procedure being offered by a scientist in Japan that may give her a chance to see. Caitlin undergoes the procedure, which has different results than were expected. One of them being that another apparent life form is brought to a type of consciousness. As the …
review by . March 26, 2009
I was so thrilled to get an early copy of this book shipped to me by the author himself. Thanks Robert! The book didn't disappoint. Caitlin, a teenager blind from birth is a math genius and an internet whiz. She is a candidate for a special procedure being offered by a scientist in Japan that may give her a chance to see. Caitlin undergoes the procedure, which has different results than were expected. One of them being that another apparent life form is brought to a type of consciousness. As the …
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