I am a transhumanist. This is a book written by and for transhumanists and people who want enjoy thinking about the future and what it might bring. If you have ever been interested in cryonics, longevity, sexual mores, future technology and the legal existence of corporations then you will most likely enjoy The Unincorporated Man. Unfortunately the main character, Justin Cord, is a cult of personality. For this reviewer Cord’s lack of any real challenges left something to be desired. A man who gets the girl, keeps all the money and is also the most popular guy in the universe is not my type of drinking companion.
For those of you who think dying is a stupid and unnecessary waste of time this book is highly recommended. The big ideas are what’s important.
If you want a more in-depth review of The Unincorporated Man, go over to Digital Sextant for a longer paean. If you really want to dive beyond enjoyment and into silliness visit io9.com and read their review of The Unincorporated Man:
Written by California brothers Dani and Eytan Kollin, the novel has garnered advance praise from Kage Baker and Robert J. Sawyer, as well as earning its first-time authors a three-book contract with venerable science fiction publisher Tor Books. It’s easy to see why. The book, in bookstores at the end of this month, will appeal to Heinlein’s legions of fans with its themes of personal liberty and one man’s political struggle with the State.
In many ways, this tale of a twenty-first century man awakened from cryosleep in a centuries-away future is a conservative rejoinder to the political science fiction of left-leaning authors like Charles Stross and Ian McDonald. While those authors explore futures where diverse cultures and social systems thrive alongside each other, the Kollin Brothers depict a world where Asia has snuffed itself out with biological warfare and New York is the solar system’s greatest city. Justin Cord, the man from our time, is a fierce individualist and entrepreneur who awakens in a world space travel is easy, cars fly, war is a distant memory, and there is zero unemployment. But he believes there is no freedom, and he must fight to liberate the solar system.
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