The Digital Meltdown
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The Digital Meltdown
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Narrated by:
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Craig Bowles
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By:
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Roger Ley
Summary
Scientist Dr Martin Riley hopes to solve the world's plastic pollution problem and get very rich in the process, but the bacterium Ideonella Sakaiensis has its own agenda. Riley engineers a new strain of bacteria to tackle the ever-growing plastic pollution crisis. Initially he is hailed as a hero and awarded a Nobel prize, but the bacteria attack all the plastic on the planet, destroy the internet and bring an end to the Digital Age.
Meanwhile, Mary Lee, commander of the International Space Station, orbits overhead, a mute observer of mankind’s struggles on the planet below. She quarantines the Station to protect her digital companions, Jackson, and Mother, but isolates herself from humanity. Mankind stands at a tipping point as the digital era ends and technology returns to the age of steam. Can humanity recover, or will this be a final extinction event?
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The Riley Bug
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Well written, a great story line and narrated excellently. highly recommend
A great prequel to the Harry Lampeter books
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This was a long, sometimes rambling tale, with perhaps too much detail. I felt that it took too long to get to the meat of the matter and then, when it did, it was skirted over pretty quickly! Then it dragged on for several chapters in a long drawn out aftermath.
The B story was interesting, but incidental. There was no apparent connection to the main story, so I didn’t really see the relevance of it all…
As for the narrator - I think that he wasn’t best suited for this story, on occasion I couldn’t tell who was talking! Perhaps someone with more range would have been preferable. Better at a faster narration speed, but still not great!
Notwithstanding the above, the storyline was interesting, very novel and full of little guessed predictions of the future… I really enjoyed those. Even though I couldn’t see the relevance, the whole outer space storyline was interesting, although lacking in direction and depth. It would make an interesting separate novel.
I do, ordinarily, enjoy Science Fiction tales and this one was not too far off from now to make it all highly credible, with the exception of the B Story, this has the potential to be very engrossing, however, both the narrator and the long journey to “The Point”, make this very heavy going.
Innovative Story but Poor Narration
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Thanks for the complimentary copy.
Engaging
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This one will tell you how Harrys world came to be and you will find that very interesting I did,
You do not even need to have read the Harry Lampeter to enjoy although I do recommend that you do
Before Harry Lampeter
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