Vitals (novel)
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Vitals is a 2002
The main
The story develops from there, taking in his twin brother's widow, Lissa; Rudy Banning, a once respected professor and writer turned into an
There are five parts with different first-person narrators. Parts one, three, and five are narrated by Hal Cousins, and parts two and four are narrated by Benjamin Bridger.
By the end of the book, the main characters are all either dead, irrelevant, or the victim of mind-altering xenophages.
Some elements of the book relate to transhumanism and life extension. Biology is a major theme in Bear's work, and bacteria and bacterial intelligence played a central role in his 1983 novel Blood Music as well.
Reviews
- Review by Gary K. Wolfe (2001) in Locus, #489 October 2001
- Review by Don D'Ammassa (2001) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #219 December 2001
- Review by Nick Gevers (2001) in Locus, #491 December 2001
- Review by John Grant (2002) in Interzone, #177 March 2002
- Review by John Clute (2002) in Interzone, #181 August 2002
- Review by Peter Heck (2002) in Asimov's Science Fiction, September 2002
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (2002) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2002
- Review by Lawrence Person (2002) in Nova Express, Summer 2002
- Review [German] by Regnier Le Dyckt (2004) in phantastisch!, #14
- Review [French] by Pascal J. Thomas (2004) in Galaxies, #35[2]
References
- ^ "2002 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- ^ "Title: Vitals". www.isfdb.org. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
External links
- Vitals on Worlds Without End
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