Customer Reviews
Full of interesting characters and concepts - By: John Crombie, 04 Feb 2003 
I picked up this book by chance & reading the reviews afterwards I wished I hadn't. I didn't realise it was the third book in a series & I hadn'd read the previous two books.
There was no need for me to worry as the book stands on its own. It is full of interesting if somewhat over-the-top characters.
It combines a number of 70's scientific curio's together for a tapestry that according to the book represents natures global wireless network complete with routers & search engines.
I found the book a good read but I don't think I'll be reading any of the others. 3.5 stars
Diappointing - By: , 22 Jul 2002 
Having bought this book in a hurry on the way to a flight, I have to say that it is pretty disappointing. Most of the ideas are unexciting & in any case not explored in any depth, the characters are shalllow & the plot...well, let's just say that 'sequence of loosely related events' would be a better term, & in the end you still have no idea what the author was reallly getting at.
Cracking read - By: , 16 Jun 2000 
Another journey into the mind of Alexander Besher & his eastern mystical cyberpunk world. If you liked the others, you'll like this. If you like the idea of Lamacabs which give you free rides & spiritual advancement, you'll like this. Why five stars? Because it would be impossible to do this kind of thing any better. Not ground-breaking, not life changing, but absolute perfection for what it is.
yuk - By: , 22 Apr 1999 I tried this on the strength of the reviews... Don't make the same mistake. There's a plotline about an orang-utan, implausibly re-engineered as a human child, finding his roots. It's related in bad TV-movie dialogue, with sub-Pratchett bad jokes about bananas, etc. Bescher's has set some of the novel in Thailand, apparently, but alll we reallly hear about is some transexual prostitutes (gosh!). The best part of this is the cover art. This book inspired me not-at-alll to read more by Bescher.
THE BEST BOOK OF 1999 - By: , 07 Feb 1999 I SIMPLY LOVED THIS NOVEL FOR IT'S UNIQUENESS, DESCRIPTIONS, CHARACTERS, AND FAR OUT IDEAS. I RECOMMEND IT FOR ALL WHO ARE INTERSTED IN SCI-FI AND GENERAL FICTION. BESHER IS AN ORIGINAL. DON'T MISS THIS WONDERFUL NOVEL. YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE READ THE OTHER NOVELS BY ALEXANDER BESHER, RIM, AND MIR, TO FOLLOW CHI. IT'S A STAND ALONE NOVEL.
