Counting Heads
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Counting Heads is a science fiction
novel
by David Marusek
, published in 2005 by Tor Books
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Counting Heads is an expansion of Marusek's 1995 short story "We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy"
, which serves as the first chapter of Counting Heads (with minor revisions from its original rendition as a short story).
Mind Over Ship
, a sequel to Counting Heads, was released on January 20, 2009.
This is the story of an over-crowded humanity. The individual is obsolete here, even the family is a fluid notion. In such a world as described by Marusek, social institutions are oversized and functioning on weird principles. This is a world of caste system and clones.
Even that the plot is basically a murder/espionage mystery, because of the satire and the black humour, but also of the deep analysis of the human soul, the novel is convincing realistic.
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by David Marusek
David Marusek
David Marusek is an author who was born in Buffalo, New York but lived various places in youth. He is currently divorced and has a grown daughter. He has lived in Alaska since 1973 and that is the state he is most associated with....
, published in 2005 by Tor Books
Tor Books
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Counting Heads is an expansion of Marusek's 1995 short story "We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy"
Getting to Know You (short story collection)
Getting to Know You is a short story collection by David Marusek. It contains all of his published science fiction stories as of it publication. Includes an introduction and a commentary on each story by the author.-Stories:# The Wedding Album...
, which serves as the first chapter of Counting Heads (with minor revisions from its original rendition as a short story).
Mind Over Ship
Mind Over Ship
Mind Over Ship is a science fiction novel by David Marusek, released on January 20, 2009.Mind Over Ship is a sequel to the 2005 Marusek novel Counting Heads....
, a sequel to Counting Heads, was released on January 20, 2009.
Analysis
The extended story from We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy, happening in 2092-4, occupies the first part of the novel. The other two parts are set 40 years later, in 2134.This is the story of an over-crowded humanity. The individual is obsolete here, even the family is a fluid notion. In such a world as described by Marusek, social institutions are oversized and functioning on weird principles. This is a world of caste system and clones.
Even that the plot is basically a murder/espionage mystery, because of the satire and the black humour, but also of the deep analysis of the human soul, the novel is convincing realistic.