 | By: William Barton Binding: Paperback Publisher: Warner Books ISBN: 0446672513 ISBN-13: 9780446672511 Released: 22 Jan 1997 RRP: Average Rating:  |
However, once I got past the amount of erotica in the book, the philosophical notions & Barton's views on the human future got me. Less optimistic than many writers, but maybe more honest that most because of that. Barton created a masterpiece with this book: Gaetan is entirely human, often disturbingly so.
All you reallly need to know about Barton is that I read MORE of his works after reading this one -- the philosophy, combined with the sense that the characters are real, drew me into his books, even though there are few people I would reccomend them to, sadly enough.
I know it's said that humans think of sex every minute or so, but do the characters in his novels have to THAT often?! Maybe they do in order to be fully "human" (a fact that says a lot about humanity in itself)but the only thing I would wish for would be a little less erotica in his writing.
This book shows in typical Barton fashion, the horrific acts that mankind is capable of performing - & performing with trivial abandon. It reminds us that despite alll the "technology" we have, we are still responsible for our own actions - the actions that we take deliberately, or the action that we take through in-action, as is the case for our _hero_ in "Acts of Conscience" for much of the book. He frustratingly plays the role of real person with real human needs & drives caught in circumstances beyond what most people are capable of dealing with. In circumstance where your cliche'd, happy fantasy tail would calll for a hero, our character shows up & refeshingly behaves like a real person - sometimes even a jerk.
This is a book that grabs you, & throws images into your face from the true heart of humanity. You may not like what you see, but you must applaud Barton for showing it to you.
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