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Review by DominicVenditti -- Project Tau by Jude Austin
[Following is a volunteer review of "Project Tau" by Jude Austin.]
The rapid development of technological capabilities and its effects on human society and morality are a central theme to many science-fiction stories, and for good reason. The idea of human decency being superseded by the advance of our capabilities is a startling and terrifying, not to mention legitimate, concern that people tend to have. This concept is something that Jude Austin’s Project Tau excels at making come to life and seem terrifying and outright disheartening in her psychological thriller about just what happens when we put scientific achievement over basic human sympathy and compassion.
The plot is centered around how humanity has been able to genetically clone people to such precision and scale that society uses these so called “projects” as a means of doing further research, entailing all things that’re diabolical and of moral ambiguity. The main character, Kalin, becomes involved with the human cloning industry and eventually becomes one of the test subjects alongside the titular project Tau, a monstrous genetically engineered beast. He now has to figure out how to escape from the infamous GenTech before he ends up expiring just like the myriad of clones people use for testing.
The book does a marvelous job of making the reader intrigued and amused by the whole situation. The action is exhilarating and the deeper messages about what it means to be human are well thought out and really make one ponder over greater, more esoteric concepts about society in general. There’s enough description to really make one’s skin crawl based on the imagery supplied, and the average reader will generally not be displeased by this novel.
However, the book as a whole is rather dark and even sadistic at times with regards the themes and imagery. The concept alone is rather disturbing but is taken to a whole new level considering the way it is expressed throughout the entire novel. It’s safe to say that unless you have an affinity for the sinister and the disturbing you may be overly dismayed by some of the events and concepts portrayed in this book.
All in all, I would say that the experience derived from this book is a pleasant and memorable one for just about anyone who reads it. I’ve decided to give the book a four out of four, ninety-five out of one hundred to be specific. This is because some opportunities are left untouched with regards to really making someone’s skin crawl, but for the most part it capitalizes on a plethora of ideas and concepts.
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Project Tau
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The rapid development of technological capabilities and its effects on human society and morality are a central theme to many science-fiction stories, and for good reason. The idea of human decency being superseded by the advance of our capabilities is a startling and terrifying, not to mention legitimate, concern that people tend to have. This concept is something that Jude Austin’s Project Tau excels at making come to life and seem terrifying and outright disheartening in her psychological thriller about just what happens when we put scientific achievement over basic human sympathy and compassion.
The plot is centered around how humanity has been able to genetically clone people to such precision and scale that society uses these so called “projects” as a means of doing further research, entailing all things that’re diabolical and of moral ambiguity. The main character, Kalin, becomes involved with the human cloning industry and eventually becomes one of the test subjects alongside the titular project Tau, a monstrous genetically engineered beast. He now has to figure out how to escape from the infamous GenTech before he ends up expiring just like the myriad of clones people use for testing.
The book does a marvelous job of making the reader intrigued and amused by the whole situation. The action is exhilarating and the deeper messages about what it means to be human are well thought out and really make one ponder over greater, more esoteric concepts about society in general. There’s enough description to really make one’s skin crawl based on the imagery supplied, and the average reader will generally not be displeased by this novel.
However, the book as a whole is rather dark and even sadistic at times with regards the themes and imagery. The concept alone is rather disturbing but is taken to a whole new level considering the way it is expressed throughout the entire novel. It’s safe to say that unless you have an affinity for the sinister and the disturbing you may be overly dismayed by some of the events and concepts portrayed in this book.
All in all, I would say that the experience derived from this book is a pleasant and memorable one for just about anyone who reads it. I’ve decided to give the book a four out of four, ninety-five out of one hundred to be specific. This is because some opportunities are left untouched with regards to really making someone’s skin crawl, but for the most part it capitalizes on a plethora of ideas and concepts.
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Project Tau
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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