Will Sargent rated Dissidence: 3 stars

Ken MacLeod: Dissidence (2016)
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Ken MacLeod: Dissidence (2016)

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This is a pretty standard "we find something odd in the ground and then aliens and govmint conspiracy", but it is conducted as interviews. And one of the interviewers is the Man In Black. And he is hammy and awful and does not speak in contractions and says "my dear Robert" and I wish a monster would eat him.
And then the book ends, because sequel. Nope.
Not good plot. Artwork is decent.
I just can't believe that kids are that stupid or shortsighted. Even on a day to day basis, it's utterly unbelievable that you wouldn't be having really long, worried discussions about what happened, and why, and what to do next. There's very little of that, and instead there's partying, kids trying (and mostly failing) to fuck, and even high school.
I don't buy it, and I don't care about the kids, and I wish there was a monster that would eat them.