Sam miller blackfish city6/30/2023 A labyrinth of geothermal heating pipes crisscrosses the city and armies of drones operated by both the shareholders and rampant crime syndicates mean that nearly every inch of the floating city can be surveilled by camera. The wealth and power within the palindromic city of Qaanaaq are consolidated to a powerful few known as shareholders, whose identities are allowed to be kept anonymous. With very little in the way of unique inner lives, the characters seem to exist merely to blurt out extensive backstory and hugely expository dialogue used to propel a melodramatic plot that borrows liberally from the most contrived bits of The Matrix, Blade Runner and Star Wars universes. Miller creates an elaborate and intriguing floating Arctic city run almost entirely by advanced technology, only to populate it with garish yet depthless characters. Miller’s dystopian novel Blackfish City bites off more than it can chew.
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