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Title: The Long Run: A Tale of the Continuing Time by Daniel Keys Moran ISBN: 1-57646-639-6 Publisher: Quiet Vision Pub Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $19.99

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: I don't give out 5-Star Ratings to just any book . . .
Comment: What good things can't be said about this book? It is probably the single strongest cyberpunk novel ever written, with only Walter Jon Williams' Hardwired coming close. The action rocks, the humor is dark, sardonic, and counter-authoritarian, just the way I like it. The hero is strong but not unbeatable (if only his enemies could think like he did).

The hero of the story, Trent, is now in his early twenties, and is a professional high-tech thief and con-man extraordinaire, living his life this way as a statement of principal (and a matter of necessity) against the authorities who used a nuclear weapon to kill his small collective family years before, and in the process, kill hundreds of thousands of bystanders and render millions more homeless.

Trent is thrown from his life as a buccaneer among the underbelly of polite society (or so he sees himself) and is once again pitted against his family's old adversary. The two play cat and mouse for the rest of the book, with Trent one step ahead of his opponent, and thus the title of the book, "The Long Run".

I enjoyed reading every page of this book, I bought it long ago, in it's original paperback version. I loaned it to a friend, never saw it again, and did not hesitate to buy it once more after an extensive search. Now I have this version on order, and will consider that money well-spent, too. I've read the whole novel six times, and will read it many more times in the future.

Simply outstanding.

Rating: 5
Summary: I'd give it more that five stars if I could.
Comment: Not only is Trent one of the best characters but Moran's writing is superb and his world is all encompassing and immersive. Great book and great writer. I have two copies. I cannot wait for another book.

Rating: 5
Summary: In my top 5 of science fiction
Comment: The book excels in both character and environment. I very much recommend this.

Trent, is one of the most remarkable characters I have read in the science fiction genre. Whether he is heisting high-tech, arguing political ideologies, expressing emotional ties, flying around the down town high rise projects at 500kph on an escape and evade -its all very tangible to me. It takes me there

If you are a Sci-Fi regular you need to read this one. Most Sci-Fi is bunk (I'm not even the author or a friend either [these things always make you wonder]).

Things to be in store for:
- He lives in an apartment that just happened to come w/ a bazooka (all I got was shag).
- Trent was genetically created and it deals with some of the personal details that arise from such a situation in adequate detail.
- The action is BTB (Better Than Bond) and yet Trent has a philosphy against killing. Instead he uses a gun with something akin to DMSO + a few sleep inducing agents.

At one time the screen play for this was on the net. Might give you a taste -though the book is much better. He has a site too with other short writings etc. on it. Hope this of use.