"Chi is probably what a Robin Williams monologue for SF fans would be like. Rapid-fire ideas from every direction that can leave you dazed and amazed."
--Science Fiction Weekly

"(Besher writes with) outrageous bravura (and) imaginative leaps, in a style that nods to Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, and Robert Sheckley--science fiction's masters of surrealist slapstick."
--The Washington Post

"(Besher's) work transcends the 'sci-fi' genre. It's not quite cyberpunk either ... it defies categorization."
--Tom Robbins, author of Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates, Jitterbug Perfume, Another Roadside Attraction

"Blade Runner meets William Gibson meets Douglas Adams."
--Entertainment Weekly (in an A- review)

"Besher's pop cult following should be delighted by this psychedelic merry-go-round ... the ride he provides (in Chi) is wildly inventive, provocative and exhilarating as he struggles to make inner space, cyberspace and green space meld into one fluid world."
--Publishers Weekly (* starred review)

"As fast-paced, humorous and eclectic as his previous two books, Rim and Mir, (Chi) blends Oriental philosophy and Omnispace (Besher's successor to cyberspace) in a near-future Asia ... Exhilarating."
--New Scientist

"Besher effortlessly hurtles us into inner universes in a single sentence."
--Wired Magazine

"Incredibly compelling with (his) mix of technology and metaphysics, human consciousness and virtual reality."
--Moira Gunn, National Public Radio

"Highly original, eccentrically brilliant."
--Chicago Booklist

"Besher has here (in Chi) created enough vivid, eccentric, demonized and demon possessed characters (and creatures) to drive half a dozen novels. Besher can write!"
--The Geis Letter

"Eastern philosophy and cutting-edge technology intersect in startling and sometimes violent patterns . . . a fast-moving blend of offbeat humor and dystopian vision."
--Library Journal

"Besher is remarkably adept at developing identifiable and compelling human emotions and drama while at the same time explaining intensely scientific plots and subplots."
--The San Francisco Chronicle

"Strikingly original, Besher adds to the literature of cyberspace a voice that seriously bids to join William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and Neal Stephenson in its first rank."
--Chicago Booklist

"Snappy, waggish, and ingenious."
--Kirkus Reviews

"Not since Neuromancer has there been so spellbinding a debut novel (in Rim)."
--Starburst

"Gripping."
--Time Out

"Besher's a smart synergist and Rim is a clever debut. Check it
out."
--i-D Magazine

"Besher has delivered a rippingly good yarn that also defines a new genre--cyber noir. (Rim) is a book destined to become a classic."
--Paul Saffo, Director, Institute for the Future

"Besher does more than simply carry on from where Neuromancer and Bladerunner left off. (The) Rim (series) amounts to a categorical upscaling of this genre onto previously uncharted turf. Consult your neural physician before cracking the covers."
--Douglas Rushkoff, author of Coercion, Playing the Future, and Media Virus!

"(Rim) delivers a dizzingly imaginative tale of virtual reality and cybernetic espionage."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"A fresh, picaresque tour of cyberspace, packed with chop-socky punches, gushing spiritualism, and lots of campy laughs . . . (Rim) marks the debut of a writer who isn't afraid to try a new road through familiar territory."
--Kirkus Reviews

"Sparkling prose, inventive plotting, and an engagingly self-deprecatory hero combine to produce a compelling SF thriller of the next century."
--Library Journal

"Besher drops a wealth of comic detail that shows a solid imagination at work."
--Locus