written by hoggman on 10/11/2010
As a Stross fan I have been working my way quite happily through his work for some time and although I admire his range of styles and how his books can be very different I have to say I didn't like Accelerando. I found it very hard going indeed and it was only my stubborness that ensured I saw it though to the end. I'm not a fan of books that tell you something happened but then don't explain how or why, especially when the event is strange indeed. Accelerando is the story of the next phase of human evolution -powered first by multi-media and instantanous unlimited communication ability (not too far fetched at this point), to microchip implants and the 'acceleration' of the processing power of the human mind that enables people to eventually upload themselves into cyber-space and have no more use for their 'meat-bodies'.
When compared to his previous works, including the excellent 'Singularity Sky' and the very funny 'Atrocity Archives', this book doesn't do it for me.