Mickey7

had a deadline to return the book to the library so had to read it in three days and I DID it, which speaks for the book in and of iteself. It's a funny and fast read.

I would rather describe this as a pov into the whole space expendition business from a low-level personnel (if he could be called that), then the discussion of whether dying and being rebuilt is immortality. The most fun parts are dirty bits that got glossed over in propaganda, as mickey said himself; and how the human race is a really weird species that did its evolution the bad way. (All the horrible ways to die remind me of FAM, and the fact that mickey had to take this job cuz he was not capable of any other things too, and I am so happy about it)

The idea of a “ship of Theseus” disposable human is engaging, but the book doesn’t do it justice. It’s a short read, not without its entertaining moments, but I don’t think I’ll be curious enough to read what’s bound to come next.

If someone is completely disassembled, and then perfectly reassembled with all (or most) of the same memories, are they the same person?



Mickey7 isn't the first book to try these sorts of questions, but it does handle them in an entertaining and very accesible manner. I would have liked a bit more depth but for what it is, this book is an enjoyable thriller with several nods to some interesting concepts.