Rule 34 - Charles Stross

Rule 34

By Charles Stross

  • Release Date: 2011-07-05
  • Genre: High Tech Sci-Fi
Score: 4
4
From 108 Ratings

Description

Meet Edinburgh Detective Inspector Liz Kavanaugh, head of the Innovative Crimes Investigation Unit, otherwise known as the Rule 34 Squad. They monitor the Internet for potential criminal activity, analyzing trends in the extreme fringes of explicit content. And occasionally, even more disturbing patterns arise…

Three ex-cons have been murdered in Germany, Italy, and Scotland. The only things they had in common were arrests for spamming—and a taste for unorthodox entertainment. As the first officer on the scene of the most recent death, Liz finds herself sucked into an international investigation that isn’t so much asking who the killer is, but what—and if she doesn't find the answer soon, the homicides could go viral.

Reviews

  • As Don says...

    2
    By Cncjerry
    I couldn't finish it. Got boring, hard to follow and I am a pretty bright person so the average reader will quit a lot sooner. Too bad since I Look forward to all his books and have laughed thru man of them. The biggest challenge was following the bad grammar as he switched perspectives, not as bad as Banks' Feersum Endjinn (bad spelling intended, can't remember how Banks spelled it phonetically) but it will slow you down.
  • Don

    1
    By skullY Dazed
    This book, written in the second person narrative, is what you would get if you asked 4chan to write a book for you. I'm sure the author thinks that he's being edgy and daring, but the constantly changing point of view combined with the second person perspective makes the book difficult to read. Add in the unrealistic changes that this society has gone through (hint: technology doesn't change human nature) and you end up with a poor read made for a very small audience. Skip this book unless you're the worst kind of geek culture aficionado.
  • Rule 34

    5
    By cstevenhager
    Thought provoking, brilliantly conceived, and perfectly delivered. A great, great read.
  • The End

    4
    By Grrone
    I really enjoyed this book, however the was left very much up in the air. Wonder if there will be more. Certainly there has be to an end.
  • noob-wave splatterpunk

    4
    By jonnywhispers
    Fun as hell. What works best is the easy familiarity of all the tech-- virtually nothing tech-wise in this story hasn't already been deployed by Google-- making it easy for Stross to get jiggy with all manner of rubber-coated fun. Even a little bit splatter-punk. Poly-amorous, tongue-in-cheek, all-over cheeky. Delightful.