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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. More Insight into River of GodsBy A. TadyThis was a great collection of stories set in the same future India as McDonald's , which I also really liked. My personal favorite was "The Little Goddess" which was about a schizophrenic Nepalese girl that is exiled to India after injuring herself and thereby disqualifying herself from being a goddess. To survive in India, she has to become a very unique smuggler. I don't want to say anymore for fear of spoiling a creative, well-told story.I think McDonald's strong point is creating a believable, living and breathing world and then analyzing all sorts of cool technologies and ideas within that world. He's a little weaker on actual story telling. Most of the stories in this book don't have much of a plot. In fact, the final story is basically a retelling of the entire future "history" of India through the eyes of "Brahmin," and definitely should NOT be read before you read River of Gods.Some of the phrases McDonald uses (like Brahmin, for example) are borrowed from Indian and/or middle-eastern culture and applied to the new technologies and genetic mutations he's invented for his future. This occasionally was a problem for me as I read the stories, trying to remember what different terms meant. For example, was a Djinn a ghost or was it the physical manifestation of an advanced AI personality? River of Gods had a glossary at the end to help you keep those terms straight. Cyberabad Days definitely could have also benefited from a glossary, especially for readers like me, who read River of Gods a couple years ago.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A limited number of themes that grind after the novelty wears off.By Paul HAfter many visits, I've come to the conclusion that India is impossible to describe - it has to be experienced. Ian McDonald has managed to project a future India and at the same time capture much of the unique texture of the country. Kudos are due for delivering a feel for India today. Projecting a future India without loosing the feel for the country is truly impressive.Here's the problem: there are really only four themes around which each of these stories are written, and each story includes all of the themes. By the middle of the book, the wonderful creativity seems to turn into a varied retelling of the same basic vision. By the end of the book the constant retelling just grinds along.It's worth a read just for the uniqueness of the non-Western approach to , but you could read any two of the stories in the collection and not miss the rest.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Epic readBy ShellBeWriteClassic Ian McDonald. He is the master at this type of futuristic sci fi/fantasy that always feels as if it's a reality that's just around the corner. Loved it.

The world: 'Cyberabad' is the India of 2047, a new, muscular superpower of one and a half billion people in an age of artificial intelligences, climate-change induced drought, water-wars, strange new genders, genetically improved children that age at half the rate of baseline humanity and a population where males out-number females four to one. India herself has fractured into a dozen states from Kerala to the headwaters of the Ganges in the Himalayas.Cyberabad is a collection of 7 stories: "The Little Goddess". Hugo nominee Best Novella 2006. In near future Nepal, a child-goddess discovers what lies on the other side of godhood."The Djinn's Wife". Hugo nominee and BSFA short fiction winner 2007A minor Delhi celebrity falls in love with an artificial intelligence but is it a marriage of heaven and hell?"The Dust Assassin". Feuding Rajasthan water-rajas find that revenge is a slow, subtle process."Jasbir and Sujay go Shaadi". Love and marriage should be plain-sailing when your matchmaker is a soap-star artificial intelligence."Sanjeev and Robotwallah". What happens to the boy-soldier roboteers when the war of Separation is over?"Kyle meets the River". A young American in Varanas learns the true meaning of 'nation building' in the early days of a new country."Vishnu at the Cat Circus". A genetically improved 'Brahmin' child finds himself left behind as he grows through the final generation of humanity.

From Bookmarks MagazineIan McDonaldrsquo;s chops as a storyteller and visionary have become apparent over two decades of cutting-edge SFmdash;in short stories, novels, and the trickier novellas and novelettes that have often formed the springboard for longer works. The stories in Cyberabad Days showcase those skills, distilling the authorrsquo;s extrapolation of the present into a , dystopian future that is still fundamentally human despite the increasing dominance of technology in ldquo;a world that manages to be convincingly, sympathetically India, but is still created with such light strokes of McDonaldrsquo;s pen that the reader never gets bogged down in the world- buildingrdquo; (Green Man ). No matter what form his fiction takes, McDonald has become one of the surest bets in SF.Copyright 2009 Bookmarks Publishing LLC "I would recommend this collection to everyone and anyone. If you like River of Gods, this collection is a must-have. If you havenrsquo;t read [it], this collection should show you what yoursquo;re missing, and provide an introduction to this fascinating world." --SFRevu"A terrific book and a satisfying return to the world of River of Gods. Ian McDonald is a genius, pure and simplehellip; Highly recommended! 8.5/10" --Patrsquo;s Fantasy Hotlistldquo;hellip;sure to be one of the most talked-about books of the yearhellip;rdquo;nbsp;--Fantasy Book Criticldquo;Ian McDonald is one of science fiction's finest working writers, and his latest short story collectionhellip;is the kind of book that showcases exactly what science fiction is for. Cyberabad Days has it all: spirituality, technology, humanity, love, sex, war, environmentalism, politics, media -- all blended together to form a manifesto of sorts, a statement about how technology shapes and is shaped by all the wet, gooey human factors. Every story is simultaneously a cracking yarn, a thoughtful piece of technosocial criticism, and a bag of eyeball kicks that'll fire your imagination. The field is very lucky to have Ian McDonald working in it.rdquo; -- Boing Boing.netldquo;Wonderfully imagined world; great story ideas; McDonald's well-crafted prose delivers enjoyment on several levels. An excellent collection of stories that serves as both starting place for readers new to this world, and fascinating return trips for those who have been here before.rdquo; --SF SignalAbout the AuthorIan McDonaldnbsp;is the author ofnbsp;,nbsp;Be My Enemy, andnbsp;Empress of the Sun, in the Everness series. He has written thirteen science fiction novels--including the 2011 John W. Campbell Memorial Award winner for Best Novel,nbsp;--as well asnbsp;, River of Gods, Cyberabad Days, Ares Express,nbsp;Desolation Road, King of Morning, Queen of Day, Out on Blue Six, Chaga, andnbsp;Kirinya.nbsp;nbsp;He's been nominated for every major science fiction award, and even won some. McDonald also works in television and in program development--all those reality shows have to come from somewhere--and has written for screen as well as print. He lives in Northern Ireland, just outside Belfast, and loves to travel.

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