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We also learn about failed expeditions, some of the other colonised worlds and about Alan Manikova, an expendable who took over his planet with his multiples. It’s just past 26:00, and I’m sprawled on my back on a rough stone floor, in a darkness so black that I may as well be blind. A diferencia de sus compañeros colonos, no fue seleccionado para unirse al grupo de menos de 200 personas, no pasó el estricto y riguroso proceso de selección debido a su experiencia en biología, medicina u otras ciencias esenciales; él se ofreció como voluntario para ser el Prescindible. It does what so many other current works of light sci-fi try to do: everyman fish-out-of-water heads into danger and suspense and drama occur. Una colonia fallida sobre la que lee Mickey se llama Roanoke, en honor al fallido asentamiento de los ingleses en América del Norte.

He does however add enough worldbuilding to really add valued depth, and we experience some harrowing scenes of past Mickey’s, especially the unfortunate Mickey2. Solo cuando se encuentra cara a cara con Mickey8, Mickey7 se da cuenta de que puede reemplazar cada elemento en su cuerpo, pero eso no lo convierte en sí mismo.

Fun, thoughtful, and immensely personable, Mickey7 is a brisk, spirited sci-fi romp with alien intelligences, extra lives, and a little romance, too. Long story short, nothing turns out the way they’re supposed to, and Mickey7 ends up being his own best friend and foil. La narrativa que seguimos es la de Michael Barnes, quien es un colono destinado a vivir sus días en un mundo nuevo. Most of the creatures on the planet seemed purpose-built to defeat the colony’s defenses, and though it seems obvious to us now what was going on, as near as we can tell from the records their Command transmitted before they went down,

One of the paradoxes present in my life is that I love sci-fi yet dislike so many sci-fi movies I’ve seen lately.A wildly entertaining mix of action and big ideas peppered with humor and a bizarre love story, this novel is proof that, when done right, science fiction can be one of the most entertaining genres out there.

Novela entretenida de esas que te dan ganas de leer de vez en cuando y la puedes disfrutar bastante, pero que si la analizas un poco y eres tiquismiquis, culpable, pues te das cuenta que cojea en muchos aspectos. The idea of using Expendables (people whose bodies die but whose consciousness is reuploaded) for planetary colonization is a great one, and I loved the backstory that explained why this 'verse hadn't used the technology to turn into a Scythian death-free "utopia.

The idea of duplicate Expendables is universally loathed, and if caught, they face being recycled into protein to feed a hungry colony. Having extra copies of yourself is pretty fun and all, but only in how it makes everything so damn complicated.