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Title: A new format for an old theme.
Review: The format of Exegesis (a series of email messages) got me to buy it. The first pages were so intriguing that I showed my officemate and said "Read these." But that didn't last long, unfortunately. As the rogue AI gets more and more philosophical, he gets less and less interesting (to me). I collect "rogue AI" stories, and for the first time I found myself more interested in the human character than the AI. I don't care if there are two Edgars or not, I want to know what happened to Alice. So, despite the attractive narrative, this one failed me on two fronts - an AI that didn't capture my interest, and a story that fails to tell me what I want to know about the human.
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