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Review: In Ian McDonald's Cyberabad Days, the slumdogs inherit the Earth

 
What is Cyberabad? In 2009, it's the Silicon Valley of India. In the fictional mid-21st century of Ian McDonald's new collection, Cyberabad Days (Pyr, $15), it's the whole subcontinent, from Sri Lanka to Kathmandu. It's also the virtual universe of aeais (artificial intelligences). And it may be a cyberspace into which humanity uploads itself. (link)

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