Upgrade
by Blake Crouch · first published 2022
63% recommend38% neutral
Why HN recommends it
A fast, fun page-turner and an easy read, compared to Michael Crichton and Project Hail Mary. It suits anyone wanting a gripping techno-thriller for a weekend read.
Summarised by Claude from recommending comments
Logan Ramsay is about to get the brain he always dreamed of. But will he be transformed into something more than human… or something less? When the SWAT team gives the all-clear and Logan Ramsay steps into the basement, he has no idea that everything's about to change. Then there's the hiss of aerosol. The explosion. The shrapnel that punctures his hazmat gear. Logan wakes up to find himself in a hospital bed, attended by doctors in their own hazmat suits, his wife and daughter looking on from behind the glass. The doctors say he's been infected by a virus - one designed not to make h
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Last weekend I read Upgrade by Blake Crouch from cover to cover. It was amazing and I can recommend it to anyone on here.
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading, since when?” ↗Can’t believe I’m the first/only one to post these: - Upgrade by Blake Crouch - Biography of the Pixel by Alvy Ray Smith Like Project Hail Mary, Upgrade is the kind of book I really wanted back when I was a michael crichton fan. His last book, Recursion was really…
on “Ask HN: What are some of the best books you have read in 2022?” ↗I'm on book 4 of the Bobiverse series and am really enjoying it, easy reads started the series last week! Read Blake Crouch's latest Upgrade over a weekend and would reccomend as well.
on “Ask HN: Which book are you reading, since when?” ↗…Gadsby - Autobiography of an Australian comedian I like. (If you like audiobooks, she reads it herself which is a treat.) True Biz, Sara Nović - A year in the life of a boarding school for the deaf. Upgrade, Blake Crouch Blindsight: The (Mostly) Hidden Ways Marketing Reshapes Our Brains, Matt Johnson & Prince Ghuman - Interesting angle of examining neurology. Treasure & Dirt, and The Tilt, Chris Hammer…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023” ↗I did Recursion, Upgrade and Dark Matter by Blake Crouch and they were all really fun easy reads. Highly recommended.
on “Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2024?” ↗Upgrade by Blake Crouch is a fiction book that uses gene altering pesticides as a culprit for a global food shortage that triggers a massive famine(don’t worry, that isn’t really a spoiler). It’s interesting…
on “EPA fast-tracking of gene-altering pesticide sparks concerns” ↗Fiction I discovered and read Blake Crouch this year - Dark Matter - Recursion - Upgrade - Pines I also discovered and read - Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir - Gravity by Tess Gerritsen - A Man by, At the End of the Matinee Keiichiro Hirano It's between Recursion and Project Hail Mary…
on “Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022?” ↗…Gadsby - Autobiography of an Australian comedian I like. (If you like audiobooks, she reads it herself which is a treat.) True Biz, Sara Nović - A year in the life of a boarding school for the deaf. Upgrade, Blake Crouch Blindsight: The (Mostly) Hidden Ways Marketing Reshapes Our Brains, Matt Johnson & Prince Ghuman - Interesting angle of examining neurology. Treasure & Dirt, and The Tilt, Chris Hammer…
on “Ask HN: Best books read in 2022” ↗…https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56815367-elder-race - Alien Clay https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199851460-alien-clay - Going through The Final Architecture now https://www.goodreads.com/series/305076-the-final-architectu... Also Upgrade, by Blake Crouch https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59439117-upgrade Also First, by Randy Brown https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196399619-first
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