Hammered (novel)
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Hammered is a science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 novel by Elizabeth Bear
Elizabeth Bear
Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky is an American author. Writing under the name Elizabeth Bear, she works primarily in the genre of speculative fiction, and was a winner of the 2005 John W...

 first published in 2004
2004 in literature
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. It won the 2006 Locus Award for Best First Novel
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. It is the first book of a trilogy made of Hammered, Scardown and Worldwired.

Plot introduction

Story of Canadian Master Warrant Officer
Master Warrant Officer
Master warrant officer is a senior military rank in the Canadian Forces, Singapore Armed Forces and the Israel Defense Forces.-Canadian Forces:...

 Jenny Casey an ex-soldier who has cybernetic replacements for an arm and an eye that she lost during combat. Jenny's former commander, who was responsible for replacing her limbs, contacts her to bring her into a secret government/corporate project that she is uniquely qualified to participate in.

Reception

Publishers Weekly
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 said in their review that "Bear's often jagged prose ('We disembark in Brazil, which has the distinction of being one of several countries I've been shot at in. Shot down over, even...') suits the frequent, at times confusing narrative jumps between the virtual and real worlds" and that "readers may have difficulties following this sometimes chaotic story." Noah Robischon in his review for Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
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said that "Bear is talented, but this debut starts more good ideas than it finishes."

Release details

  • 2004, United States of America, Bantam Spectra ISBN 0-553-58750-1, Pub date 28 December 2004, Paperback
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