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The Doors of Eden
by Adrian Tchaikovsky
I've been wanting to read a Tchaikovsky book for a while now, once the fantastic reviews of Children of Time came through. So I was super happy to see this appear on the PKD shortlist.
Tchaikovsky writes in a way that makes me think of Neal Stephenson ... huge concepts and dense science presented in a way that dumps staggering concepts into my head in an entertaining and compulsively readable way. And entertained I was. Multiple dimensions and worlds-shattering crises, and intellects working together to fix what's wrong.
But more than that, almost every aside, every tangent, was a treat. How can you not love a book that, with a throwaway paragraph, make me put it down and just THINK.
Magic becomes science and science reeks of magic, and through it all is the hope of better things to come. Loved this book!
Tchaikovsky writes in a way that makes me think of Neal Stephenson ... huge concepts and dense science presented in a way that dumps staggering concepts into my head in an entertaining and compulsively readable way. And entertained I was. Multiple dimensions and worlds-shattering crises, and intellects working together to fix what's wrong.
But more than that, almost every aside, every tangent, was a treat. How can you not love a book that, with a throwaway paragraph, make me put it down and just THINK.
Spoiler
When the neanderthals, as an aside, started to talk about coming across "modern" humans and seeing them as the ethereal, willowy, pale creatures of dance and song, and I realized that we are the legend of elves ... it popped my brain for a minute.Magic becomes science and science reeks of magic, and through it all is the hope of better things to come. Loved this book!