Moxyland

Whenever I read something by Beukes, I'm always reminded of Gibson's first rule - that “The future's already arrived, it's just not evenly distributed”. That's definitely the case in Moxyland - it's set in a dystopian future, but between the role mobile phones play in the narrative, the commercialization of art and “cool”, and the presentation as a tool of liberation and oppression, it feels more like an amplified version of today than it does tomorrow.

Moxyland is sleek, it's hip, it's hard to put down once you're into it.

DNF @50%. I can???t keep reading something that I can???t explain the plot halfway through. This has all the right elements for SF. They are compelling in a synopsis, but the author doesn???t differentiate the characters or make me care.