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A review by doorisajar
Neuropath by R. Scott Bakker
4.0
Well, that was downright unsettling.
Bakker covers similar philosophical territory as another favourite book of mine (see below), but in a thriller that wears its Big Idea on its sleeve rather than in a more conventional SF framework that builds up to the big epiphany.
Since I was already familiar with what Bakker calls the Argument, there was more exposition about it than I really needed. But even so, the book starts off at a fair clip and, like [book: The Mirrored Heavens], accelerates all the way to the end. The (very literal, but not in the way you think) climax is an intense and disturbing look into an unnervingly plausible near-future.
I think we'll see some of the core unsupported elements of the Argument confirmed or disproved within my lifetime, which is by turns exciting and creepy as hell.
If you liked Neuropath, read [book: Blindsight], which contains some similar ideas but is even better.
Bakker covers similar philosophical territory as another favourite book of mine (see below), but in a thriller that wears its Big Idea on its sleeve rather than in a more conventional SF framework that builds up to the big epiphany.
Since I was already familiar with what Bakker calls the Argument, there was more exposition about it than I really needed. But even so, the book starts off at a fair clip and, like [book: The Mirrored Heavens], accelerates all the way to the end. The (very literal, but not in the way you think) climax is an intense and disturbing look into an unnervingly plausible near-future.
I think we'll see some of the core unsupported elements of the Argument confirmed or disproved within my lifetime, which is by turns exciting and creepy as hell.
If you liked Neuropath, read [book: Blindsight], which contains some similar ideas but is even better.