Comments on: Review: Souls in the Great Machine by Sean McMullen http://escapepod.org/2010/12/20/review-souls-in-the-great-machine-by-sean-mcmullen/ The Science Fiction Podcast Magazine. Each week Escape Pod delivers science fiction short stories from today's best authors. Listen today, and hear the new sound of science fiction! Tue, 08 May 2012 17:42:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mack http://escapepod.org/2010/12/20/review-souls-in-the-great-machine-by-sean-mcmullen/comment-page-1/#comment-14009 Mack Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:28:38 +0000 http://escapepod.org/?p=1615#comment-14009 I discovered this book several years ago and agree with everything you wrote. I'm a librarian myself and McMullen has sly in-jokes about the profession. I also enjoyed that librarians were required to have a proficiency with weapons and that policy conflicts can be settled by a duel. Sometimes I think that wouldn't be such a bad idea. The technical details of the world of a post-apocalyptic Australia are wonderfully written. A packet switching network with error detection using beamflash! Genius. This is one of my all-time favorite books. I discovered this book several years ago and agree with everything you wrote. I’m a librarian myself and McMullen has sly in-jokes about the profession. I also enjoyed that librarians were required to have a proficiency with weapons and that policy conflicts can be settled by a duel. Sometimes I think that wouldn’t be such a bad idea.

The technical details of the world of a post-apocalyptic Australia are wonderfully written. A packet switching network with error detection using beamflash! Genius.

This is one of my all-time favorite books.

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