How do I know about it: I was looking at Daemon reader comments, and one of the comment recommended this one. And as it happens, local library has a copy.
What I like: As a developer myself, I feel "real" about the story. The novel is about software developer and omnipresent bug fixing in software development process. A psychological drama with considerable twist of technical adventure, if you can appreciate some quite psudo code and C code. The author comes from a developer background as evidenced in the explanation of the bug and famous Game of Life by John Horton Conway. And its depiction of professional developer's daily life is realistic and truthful. It talked about the software development in early eighties, but the relevance still holds. I would give it 3 stars out of 5. People in software business will be able to appreciate it much better.
What I don't like: The book cannot be categorized as techno thriller. As exciting as bug finding and fixing is to brainy kids and developers, it just cannot stir the same excitement as true techno thriller. I am still looking forward to my shipment of Daemon from Amazon. Also a little too much algorithms explanation and coding deciphering in the book for non-software people.
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