<p> I guess you could say this was a guilt read.</p> <p> I read Cory Doctrow&#39;s first three novels (<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Eastern Standard Tribe</span>, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town</span>) and found them all perfectly enjoyable…but I&#39;ve never re-read any of them, which is actually very unusual for me; I&#39;ve even been known to re-read books I didn&#39;t like the first time around. Anyway, something about them just doesn&#39;t inspire a desire to re-experience them in me.</p>

<p> If the title carries meaning for you, you are, arguably, the intended audience.</p> <p> I found the main story to be a fun little meta-fictive romp, and not a lot else. In tone it very much reminded me of his earlier novel, <em>Agent to the Stars</em>–deeply aware of, if only to have fun with, genre conventions. As utterly unconcerned with the &#34;science&#34; part of &#34;science fiction&#34; as its purported source material.</p>

<p> I wouldn&#39;t claim to have read everything Greg Bear ever wrote, but I&#39;ve ready a lot of his books. Generally I have found them intriguing, or at least compelling. Unfortunately, <em>Hull Zero Three</em> just didn&#39;t do it for me. I read through to the end, but it felt more like work than pleasure.</p> <p> A shame.</p>