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Title	:	Spin State (Spin Trilogy #1)
Author	:	Chris Moriarty
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 642 pages
Published	:	November 23rd 2004 by Bantam Spectra (first published October 2003)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Cyberpunk

Spin State (Spin Trilogy #1) Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 642 pages

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From a stunning new voice in hard science fiction comes the thrilling story of one woman’s quest to wrest truth from chaos, love from violence, and reality from illusion in a post-human universe of emergent AIs, genetic constructs, and illegal wetware...

Spin State

UN Peacekeeper Major Catherine Li has made thirty-seven faster-than-light jumps in her lifetime—and has probably forgotten more than most people remember. But that’s what backup hard drives are for. And Li should know; she’s been hacking her memory for fifteen years in order to pass as human. But no memory upgrade can prepare Li for what she finds on Compson’s World: a mining colony she once called home and to which she is sent after a botched raid puts her on the bad side of the powers that be. A dead physicist who just happens to be her cloned twin. A missing dataset that could change the interstellar balance of power and turn a cold war hot. And a mining “accident” that is starting to look more and more like murder...

Suddenly Li is chasing a killer in an alien world miles underground where everyone has a secret. And one wrong turn in streamspace, one misstep in the dark alleys of blackmarket tech and interstellar espionage, one risky hookup with an AI could literally blow her mind.

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Original Title:	Spin State
ISBN:	0553586246 (ISBN13: 9780553586244)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Spin Trilogy #1
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best First Novel (2004), Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (2004), Gaylactic Spectrum Award Nominee for Best Novel (2004), Prometheus Award Nominee (2004)

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Stayed up until the wee hours finishing this one. I must admit that a lot of the explanations of the technology went way above my head, but the story was top-notch. I guess that is reasonable since this book of fiction has several pages of bibliography at the end of it, all relating to quantum physics, if that gives you any idea. BUT, you don't need to be interested in quantum to really enjoy this book...there is something for everybody. Mystery, crime, romance, social commentary, etc. and so

'spin state' leaps out of the gate as a military mission gone wrong, then shifts into a far more densely complex and thinky mystery, where the whodunnit is far secondary to the world it's wrapped up in. oh, Moriarty (and if that's her real name, +100 awesome points), wow can you craft a future. it's a post-human world full of illegal genetic surgeons, emergent AIs, and travel and communications fueled by quantum mechanics and bose-einstein condensates (yes, this one had me taking a few trips to

(This review is from 2004.)One Sentence Synopsis: A female soldier assigned as the new security captain for a problematic world has to investigate the death of a famous scientist and recover her lost notes before they fall into the wrong hands.Genre: Post-cyberpunk murder-mystery with an edge of hard science and a lot of political intrigue.Continuity: Completely standalone, though there is sequel potential.Content: This one isnt for the kiddies. It has references to sexualitythough it never gets

It gives me great pleasure to finally be able to write a review on this amazing book. This is one of the best Hard SF books I've read in some time. It combines theories of quantum mechanics and multi-universe theory as well as confronting issues of class, humanity, identity and the nature of love all in a wonderfully creative and gripping way. Genetic constructs and sentient vs. nonsentient AIs, war, intrigue, betrayal, romance--this book has it all. And the main character Catherine Li, as well

Just wonderful. All of the best elements of classic sci-fi and who-done-its, yet totally new at the same time. I was fascinated on every single page. The way she wove the science and human angles together was perfect. In an odd way, it reminded me of the first Dune book. Not the story in any way other than perhaps the genetics/breeding humans stuff, but because both universes were so fully imagined that they feel absolutely real, from technology to politics to interpersonal relationships, it all

Perhaps I should be upfront, this is not a 4 star book yet I could not bring myself to give it a mere 3 stars for I feel I owe it. Thanks to this book I have had an enjoyable introduction to the world of Hard Science Fiction and I know that could have easily not been the case.Spin State is, in a way, two books:1. An inventive extrapolation forwards of human science and human nature to conjure a world which is at once familiar in its motivations but monumentally different in its experiences2. A

I enjoyed this novel but my feelings on it are mixed. What Chris did well was done really well. What she did poorly, on the other hand, fell flat.For purists of hard science fiction, this book has everything. The author did a great job of blending futuristic concepts and technology into a world readers can imagine. The technology and quantum concepts are great. The tough female protagonist is awesome and characterized very well. The writing itself is very good and easy to read. A great debut