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The sequel to the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Beggars in Spain is set in a future America, radically altered by technology, where the nearly superhuman powers of the gene-modified Sleepless threaten the security of all humanity.
- Sales Rank: #1006781 in Books
- Published on: 1994-09-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.24" h x 1.09" w x 6.34" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 315 pages
From Publishers Weekly
This welcome sequel to Kress's acclaimed Beggars in Spain (which itself was based on a novella that in 1993 won both a Hugo and a Nebula) picks up 13 years after the events of the earlier book. The genetically engineered SuperSleepless-who need no sleep and have vastly increased cognitive powers-have established a protected island enclave where they can work on their beneficent plans for humanity away from the prying eyes of the genetic-purity police. Meanwhile, in the States, sharply divided into the "Livers" (who subsist on the dole but consider themselves aristocrats) and the "donkeys" (genetically enhanced, highly educated public servants who sneer at the Livers even as they support them), society's infrastructure is breaking down because the machines that feed, clothe and care for the Livers have stopped functioning. As conditions worsen, so do tensions between the donkeys and the Livers. Events are viewed through several characters who must confront the collapse of their society and (perhaps) the birth of another. Kress takes an admirably complex look at controversial issues-genetic engineering, the distribution of wealth and power, racism and political hatred-while offering no easy answers. Based on the real possibilities of genetic modification, nanotechnology and current social and economic trends, her latest novel isn't merely an excellent and thoughtful work of science fiction but is also an important commentary on some of the key issues we'll be facing in the next century.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
YA?A futuristic fantasy that is frighteningly close to life as we know it. What is the morality of empowerment? In this thought-provoking novel, the genetically enhanced may have the ability to choose for all of us?by giving us all the ability to choose?but do they have that right? Using a variety of viewpoints, Kress simultaneously develops characters and theme while maintaining a plot that hums like a high-tension cable. The miracle is that this excitement is generated by readers' own moral confusion. Is Drew right to feel manipulated by his super-intelligent lover, whose thought processes he can never truly understand? Which of Vicki's various moral stands is justifiable? Is there a workable future for Lizzie? For Miri? For Billy? The plot makes concrete the dilemmas inherent in a society where "equality" is no longer a possibility. Although this book is a sequel of sorts to Beggars in Spain (Morrow, 1993), it stands on its own and explores a new ethical swamp. Kress is unique in her daring charting of these moral morasses, and given YAs' fascination with morality, she is of particular interest to them. Beggars and Choosers will terrify, delight, enrage, and engage.?Cathy Chauvette, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
As a byproduct of their genetic mental enhancements, the Sleepless neither sleep nor age. For those reasons, they are reviled by the unmodified majority of humans. Yet in a world of overpopulation, chronic joblessness, environmental depletion, and uncontrolled plagues of nanotechnological origin, the Sleepless may hold the key to humanity's salvation-if only they can be persuaded to come out of their self-imposed hiding. Kress's sequel to Beggars in Spain (LJ 3/15/93) fearlessly addresses a host of ethical quandaries while simultaneously relating a vivid tale of people trapped by their biological destinies. Most libraries should purchase this title.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
A powerful exploration of human nature
By A Customer
In "Beggars and Choosers" Ms. Kress continues to pursue questions concerning the role of biomedical technology in "improving" the quality of the human species. Almost everyone accepts the premise that modern medical science should strive to eliminate physical and mental defects. What happens, however, when we have the technology to enhance traits, such as intelligence, to levels beyond "normal"? She creates a society stratified on the basis of genetic enhancements. This society begins to fragment as the groups grow to distrust and then hate each other. The novel is more crisply written than its predecessor, "Beggars in Spain" and the characters have more depth. This is true even for the SuperSleepless, who may be a different species altogether. Ms. Kress wrote "Beggars and Choosers" in the first person, in contrast to "Beggars in Spain" which is in the third person. She writes through the eyes of three characters to give different perspectives of the new social stratification, and is very effective at this task. Leisha Camden, the key character in the first novel, has only a minor role in this work. I was disappointed by her unceremonious exit. Getting readers to invest this much emotion in characters, however, is the mark of a good writer.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
I enjoyed it.
By Laura B.
The second in series poses more in depth questions and changes as the groups evolve. I enjoyed it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Doesn't Measure Up
By Judah
I read this after reading "The Beggars of Spain," and it doesn't measure up to the greatness of the first novel.
None of the main characters measure up to the Leisha Camden, who ends up with a minor role before being written out of the novel. For me, Leisha Camden carried the first novel, and having the direct sequel with her not as main character disappointed me. Of the characters in the new novel, none of them approached the joy or gentle reflectiveness of Leisha.
The philosophical questions raised by first novel, of all the beggars in Spain, are neatly sidestepped and ignored in the second novel. Miranda ends up making the same mistakes her grandmother made, but in a different way. It just struck me a super-genius might learn something from the past? Kress really didn't write the level of super-genius intelligence well, unlike the first novel where she managed to do so by perfectly capturing emotional issues that would grip you regardless of intelligence. I found her super-genius behavior to be emotionally stupid in this book, and it just turned the whole thing to trash for me.
No complaints with the setting, though the dramatic pace was slow, especially in Oleinta, New York. Maybe I'm over-reacting a bit at giving this two stars, but compared with the first novel (which I read on the same day as this one) this book is short-sighted and mediocre.
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