izbit 's review for:

The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi

4.0

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I've started this a few times and not gotten into it, but this time I got past the first chapters and read the whole thing in two days. SF often has the problem of how to create worlds that are different enough to be truly alien but still comprehensible -- this book tries to have it both ways by having an almost recognizable world in a totally alien universe. Not sure it always fit together, but the stories of both the thief and the detective are compelling enough to keep me reading.