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I wrote a short story a number of years ago that explored the idea of saving your consciousness and after you're killed, be regenerated, and in that way have a sort of crappy immortality as I describe it in "Mickey7.

Tonally, it's a good fit for fans of The Martian or The Murderbot Diaries, but I was hoping for a little more heft, probably because I enjoyed the premise and worldbuilding so much. Also, if you haven't seen Moon, me equating the movie to this book spoils a pretty significant plot reveal in the film, so. The native species are growing curious about their new neighbors, and that curiosity has Commander Marshall very afraid.He goes out on dangerous missions – usually to suss out whether giant worm-like “creepers” are threatening the base – to die. 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. The idea of duplicate Expendables is universally loathed, and if caught, they will likely be thrown into the recycler for protein.

Después de un día o dos de sentir resaca por salir del tanque, pasa al siguiente trabajo y a la siguiente regeneración de sí mismo. The protagonist is human, but his tone and dry humour are on a par with the narrator from the Murderbot Diaries (so if you like that, you'll love this, and vice versa). There are many thought-provoking subjects and the author has that ability to make it feel light, humorous, and entertaining. Se las arregla para evitar que nos angustiemos por colonizar otros planetas o ser arrojados al 'reciclador' para convertirnos en proteína para el consumo.It draws readers in with flippant black humor and a clever premise, then stabs them in the back with devastating insight into the human talent for suppressing intolerable truths. It's also funny how this is supposed to be two versions of the same guy, but from the moment I met 8, I disliked him.

A little bit of sneaky subversion and I was willing to forgive it the Jack the Giant Killer vibe because I did warm to the protaganist. This movie is built around the idea that a guy comes back to find that they’ve already created a new copy of him. La trama principal está bien, el personaje de Mickey es de esos que está escrito para gustar, tiene muy buenas salidas y es fácil empatizar con él, pero su mayor problema es que le falta profundidad a casi todo el conjunto. Despite the recruiter trying to talk Mickey from taking the Expendable job, due to the horrifying job description, Mickey takes it.

Now, the only reason this isn't a 5-star read for me is because there were a couple of chapters in the middle that dragged a little but other than that I loved every minute of this.