Re: Seeking book identification - physically augmented femal solder travels galaxy working for mining company
Helge Moulding <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Jul 2017 23:06:14 -0600
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--001a113c09fe78ca1a05539f1378 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sounds like 2312 by Stanley Robinson. I mean, I recall the story a bit differently, but it's been five years since I read it, so... On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Cristine Mitchamore (SAPL) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Help, please! I'm hoping someone on the list can help identify my patron's > book. He's looking for a book he remembers reading about 3 years ago. > Here's the information my patron supplied: > > Male author: ( I thought the name was David Brinn, we'll see how close that > ends up being) > Book: hard back about 300 pages > Time: about 100 years in the future > Lead character: female Korean ancestry physically augmented soldier, story > told mostly as she sees it > Second lead: Alex or Alec is AI entity that inhabits avatar style the > bodies he leases > Plot: they travel about the galaxy working for a company that is mining > entanglement mineral > There are clonal clans that are evolving into powerful entities. > One of the last scenes in Israel involves invisible mind controlled avatars > and a Golem > The lead characters are the good guys but there is a lot of gray creeping > in > Lot's of action good 3-D lovable character > > Does anyone recognize the description? > > Thanks, everyone! > Cristine > > Cristine Mitchamore | Central Reference Librarian | San Antonio Public > Library | 600 Soledad St. | San Antonio, Texas 78205 | (210) 207-2500 | > [email protected] > -- Helge --001a113c09fe78ca1a05539f1378 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Sounds like 2312 by Stanley Robinson.=C2=A0<div><br></div>= <div>I mean, I recall the story a bit differently, but it's been five y= ears since I read it, so...=C2=A0</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br= ><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Cristine Mitch= amore (SAPL) <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:Cristine.Mitchamore@sa= nantonio.gov" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>><= /span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8= ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br> <br> Help, please! I'm hoping someone on the list can help identify my patro= n's book. He's looking for a book he remembers reading about 3 year= s ago. Here's the information my patron supplied:<br> <br> Male author: ( I thought the name was David Brinn, we'll see how close = that<br> ends up being)<br> Book: hard back about 300 pages<br> Time: about 100 years in the future<br> Lead character: female Korean ancestry physically augmented soldier, story<= br> told mostly as she sees it<br> Second lead: Alex or Alec is AI entity that inhabits avatar style the<br> bodies he leases<br> Plot: they travel about the galaxy working for a company that is mining<br> entanglement mineral<br> There are clonal clans that are evolving into powerful entities.<br> One of the last scenes in Israel involves invisible mind controlled avatars= <br> and a Golem<br> The lead characters are the good guys but there is a lot of gray creeping i= n<br> Lot's of action good 3-D lovable character<br> <br> Does anyone recognize the description?<br> <br> Thanks, everyone!<br> Cristine<br> <br> Cristine Mitchamore |=C2=A0Central Reference Librarian | San Antonio Public= Library | 600 Soledad St. | San Antonio, Texas 78205 | <a href=3D"tel:%282= 10%29%20207-2500" value=3D"+12102072500">(210) 207-2500</a> | <a href=3D"ma= ilto:[email protected]">cristine.mitchamore@<wbr>sanantoni= o.gov</a><br> </blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class= =3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><d= iv><p>Helge</p> <p>=C2=A0</p> <img src=3D"https://docs.google.com/uc?export=3Ddownload&id=3D0BzhhiY1t= esOJWDFlaHI5SUIyLVk&revid=3D0BzhhiY1tesOJVk5iUmZOQVc0NlFiMVJUWjBWM2U3cn= diUy9ZPQ" width=3D"413" height=3D"420"><br></div></div></div> </div> --001a113c09fe78ca1a05539f1378--