A review by verkisto
Longer by Michael Blumlein
4.0
Longer is a story set in a future where people who can afford it can "juve" -- they can reboot their bodies from their 80s to their 20s while retaining all memories and experiences they've lived up until then. Cav and Gunjita have juved once already, and Gunjita has juved her second -- and final -- time. The two are working in orbit on a procedure that will allow people to juve more than twice, but Cav is unwilling to juve his second time. His reluctance is causing a rift between them, which is widened when they capture an interstellar asteroid and find what Cav is convinced is life on its exterior.
Longer is an engaging treatise of life, change, morality, and love. It's a moving story that captures the readers through its characters and ends on a note that leaves you with questions, but doesn't leave you unsatisfied. This is a book that will make you think and make you care. It's a little dry in parts, because Blumlein writes about hard science, but the journey is worth it.
Longer is an engaging treatise of life, change, morality, and love. It's a moving story that captures the readers through its characters and ends on a note that leaves you with questions, but doesn't leave you unsatisfied. This is a book that will make you think and make you care. It's a little dry in parts, because Blumlein writes about hard science, but the journey is worth it.