Dark as Day by Charles Sheffield When I ran a search on Charles Sheffield, as I always do on authors whose books are reviewed on this site, I was surprised to see that the first result was a eulogy.
Dark as Day was copyrighted in 2002, and its ending definitely implies that a sequel was in making. Unfortunately, I will probably never get to read it.
Dark as Day's focal characters are an interesting bunch. All are puzzle people, enabling the reader to decipher the puzzle through able eyes, except in the case of one significant charcter. No time is wasted in this book on backound; perhaps that is done in the first book in this world,
Cold as Ice, but whatever the case, this book is better off without the backround material. The alternate setting is thought provoking, and realistic(the characters aren't quite as realistic, but they're more amusing as is).
Question: One of the minor-yet-flavorful characters in this book is a fax, or a facsimile of a real person, who can react realistically, complete with moods. Do you believe that such a fax is possible, and would such a being be sentient?
Happy reading.
