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Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Putnam. Jul. 2014. 352p. ISBN 9780399167492. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9780698142701. SF
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After Pittsburgh was destroyed in a nuclear blast, a virtual archive of the city was created for survivors to visit. John Dominic Blaxton was out of town when the bomb exploded, but he lost his wife in the tragedy. Now he works for an insurance company researching claims to confirm that people did in fact die in the blast. The job also gives him unlimited access to the archive, where he can spend more time with his "virtual" wife and imagine she is still with him. A man comes to John and asks for help finding his daughter in the alternative reality, as he believes that all traces of her are being deleted from the database.
VERDICT The premise of this debut novel is fascinating in its possibilities, as the adware implants the characters wear and the archive serve as an extension of the virtual worlds, pervasive surveillance, and targeted advertising that people live with already. John's grief is a palpable, living thing, preventing him from participating in his own life. Fans of William Gibson and classic noir will love how the styles intersect here. [Sony has optioned the film rights.
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