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The Quantum Thief
by Hannu Rajaniemi
This is the first time that I've ever seen a reference to the research work I did at Emory in a work of fiction. (The thief uses EPR states to transfer information store in the quantum spider to communicate with Perhonen.) For which I'd have to give it a solid 'meh'.
The main problem with this book is that if a book is a promise, then the author overpromised and underdelivered. You can't just dazzle us with brilliant ideas, you have to insinuate them into us, via our connection to your prose. I did love the idea of the gevulot. I think the exploration of a world with this facet would have made an interesting novel in itself. I felt this and many other concepts were underdeveloped, as if the author said, if I just skim this idea I can add a bunch of other cool stuff, too. I found I never really connected with the characters, so all there untied loose ends didn't end up bothering me.
Big ideas, good prose, poor characterization, unrealized story potential.
The main problem with this book is that if a book is a promise, then the author overpromised and underdelivered. You can't just dazzle us with brilliant ideas, you have to insinuate them into us, via our connection to your prose. I did love the idea of the gevulot. I think the exploration of a world with this facet would have made an interesting novel in itself. I felt this and many other concepts were underdeveloped, as if the author said, if I just skim this idea I can add a bunch of other cool stuff, too. I found I never really connected with the characters, so all there untied loose ends didn't end up bothering me.
Big ideas, good prose, poor characterization, unrealized story potential.