Review: great cover  odd but good story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2012
There are a few things I didn't like.  For a story with limited character development and world building it was too long. There was too much repetition in JD's dialogue.  I think the "humanizing" processes could have been given that extra time.  I liked the story but felt JD seemed more a victim of a training process than a psychopath; more naive than deranged.  He never seemed to have become completely human (sort of like Grendel) so judging him by human standards seemed inappropriate.The story was pretty good.  The convoluted measures used by "the powers that be" to control society and of course the mandatory class envy (in this case human vs SIM)needed to maintain power. I enjoyed Cantrell's role, certainly demonstrating the often unchecked power of any researcher that manages to publish their work.  At one time or another virtually everything on this planet is going to kill us.  I could go to any news website and find out the current deadly thing.  In any case, the social commentary was great.  Emmy, she was just a cat which is all that was necessary to make her special.