Lord of Candy reviewed The Fractal Prince by Hannu Rajaniemi
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5 stars
The journey continues and it is a fun filled adventure. Two intertwining narratives drive the book. One from Earth and it's post techno apocolyptic jinni wildcode self and the other the Thief & Mieli as they plan a heist for Pelligrini.
The universe that is being built here from the Planck level up is just amazing to me. I don't know how the author does it. Most of the time I can barely comprehend how you keep a host of characters cohesive enough to write a great book but this--a real solid grasp of science/technology and mindwarp it into a fractal imager or potential and possibility. I had to slow my roll a number of times and ponder the meaning and implication of certain statements. What a universe. Thank goodness there is a wiki out there to help clarify some things.
Poetic, multilayered, memetic story viruses, and more. The book …
The journey continues and it is a fun filled adventure. Two intertwining narratives drive the book. One from Earth and it's post techno apocolyptic jinni wildcode self and the other the Thief & Mieli as they plan a heist for Pelligrini.
The universe that is being built here from the Planck level up is just amazing to me. I don't know how the author does it. Most of the time I can barely comprehend how you keep a host of characters cohesive enough to write a great book but this--a real solid grasp of science/technology and mindwarp it into a fractal imager or potential and possibility. I had to slow my roll a number of times and ponder the meaning and implication of certain statements. What a universe. Thank goodness there is a wiki out there to help clarify some things.
Poetic, multilayered, memetic story viruses, and more. The book picks us back up right where we left off and as another fantastical romp that will leave you awestruck at the end and like a hawking blackhole you're ready to eat up the next one in your path because if you don't.. you'll be missing out.
