A review by tregina
Trucksong by Andrew MacRae

4.0

There are actually two versions of this book, the published version and also an original experimental version, which features "a distorted form of non-standard English to produce the effect of cultural and linguistic decay, mirroring the world of the novel". I've had a copy of the experimental version for a while and have enjoyed what I've read it of but it is so dense with language shift I've been taking it in a bit at a time. The published version also features some linguistic shift but not nearly to the extent of the experimental version. It is still not a quick read, but it is a very rewarding one. The world of the book is so unique and completely realised, blending the human world and the ai world in a new kind of symbiotic relationship and making us see the unique personalities in each rather than a very monolithic "us" and "them".