Review: To Beam or Not to Beam?  Beam, please!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2013
I love Dystopian fiction.  The world of THE BEAM is well developed with its own set of rules and characters.  It feels very real and believable.  It seems dangerous too, as there are powers at work to manipulate government and society.  There is a "Blade Runner" feel to the world that I liked very much, though it did not feel as dark as Blade Runner and was certainly not as bleak as say, 1984.  In any event, there is intrigue, lies, deception, power plays and enough mystery to make me keep swiping screens on my kindle.  As a side note, swiping a kindle screen to read, while reading about the advanced technology of the Beam where characters must wave their hands to access the Beam, was either disconcerting and creepy or just plain cool, I haven't decided.  What I have decided is, I like this very much.  "Beam me up!"  (You knew that was coming)THE BEAM!