Winner of the 2012 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis.
They are just children when they first meet: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress’s son. One day in the playground, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world. An idea that will sweep away all differences between rich and poor.
When Hiroshi runs into Charlotte several years later, he is trying to build a brighter future through robotics. Determined to win Charlotte’s love, he resurrects his childhood dream, convinced that he can eradicate world poverty by pushing the limits of technology beyond imagination. But as Hiroshi circles ever closer to realizing his vision, he discovers that his utopian dream may contain the seeds of a nightmare – one that could obliterate life as we know it.
Crisscrossing the globe, from Tokyo to the hallowed halls of MIT to desolate Arctic islands and Buenos Aires and beyond – far beyond – Lord of All Things explores not only technology’s dizzying potential, but also its formidable dangers.
Innovative and well-written I was excited about this book after reading the blurb and thought it sounded like a very interesting blend of sci-fi with a bit of social commentary (just like the older stuff in the genre– Vonnegut and Dick). What I found between the coveres was so much more.
FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS This author seems to break all the rules but it works for me. It starts as a wonderful love story and progresses, a little unbelievably but I’m willing to suspend belief because I like the characters so much. Bit by bit, it turns into the science fiction story that was promised, and takes it to some very interesting philosophical and timely points. We’re reaching a new machine age, where there are machines that not only can replace labor, but many of the information jobs once thought secure…
“What Might Have Been!” (4 1/2 Stars) First, I want to state clearly that I highly recommend this book. It’s