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Authors: Paul Melko
“Melko is clearly an up-and-comer, and this is a distinctive debut.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Melko does an excellent job of making biotechnology, advanced artificial intelligence, and space elevators seem like a natural part of the landscape, and he delivers a nice, action-packed book with heroes and villains that are clearly delineated … . A fun read that will open your eyes to some possibilities you may not have considered.”
—Contra Costa Times
“Melko has carefully limned his world and makes his pod members quite human, despite the connections that transform their humanity into something very different. This is a coming-of-age tale that stays in your head and, if justice is served, will show up in award nominations next year.”
—Weekly Press
(Philadelphia, PA)
(Philadelphia, PA)
“Even if it weren’t a wonderful story,
Singularity’s Ring
would be worth reading because it lets us imagine the unimaginable—namely, what it might feel like to be more than human. This is a book whose ideas should be savored and explored, and whose characters will live in memory long after you’ve closed the covers.”
Singularity’s Ring
would be worth reading because it lets us imagine the unimaginable—namely, what it might feel like to be more than human. This is a book whose ideas should be savored and explored, and whose characters will live in memory long after you’ve closed the covers.”
—Karl Schroeder, author of
Pirate Sun
Pirate Sun
“Paul Melko’s first novel is an intellectual meteor-strike—an illuminating flash of ideas about human and posthuman identity, a reverberating boom of the implications for a truly universal morality, and a roar
of wild action following after. And he manages to do that with real, sharply drawn characters in a genuinely alien future at a pace that never lags. Buy it and read it.”
of wild action following after. And he manages to do that with real, sharply drawn characters in a genuinely alien future at a pace that never lags. Buy it and read it.”
—John Barnes, author of
The Armies of Memory
The Armies of Memory
“An enjoyable tale sprawling across a quite original vision of the future. This was engaging, and kept me engaged until the last page. The bottom line is that I felt no urge to put this book down—I wanted to know what would happen next.”
—Neal Asher, author of
Brass Man
Brass Man
This is a work of fiction. All the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
SINGULARITY’S RING
Copyright © 2008 by Paul Melko
All rights reserved.
Edited by David G. Hartwell
A Tor Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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eISBN 9781466826052
First eBook Edition : June 2012
ISBN-13: 978-0-7653-5702-1
ISBN-10: 0-7653-5702-X
First Edition: February 2008
First Mass Market Edition: May 2009
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