11h 4m; narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
English language
Published by DAW.
Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous "silicon roundabout", Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is.
Compared to his last job, Peter thinks it should be a doddle. But magic is not finished with Mama Grant's favourite son. Because Terrence Skinner has a secret hidden in the bowels of the SCC. A technology that stretches back to Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, and forward to the future of artificial intelligence. A secret that is just as magical as it technological - and just as dangerous.
Peter is so much more clever and funny than his German counterpart, and I always love his wit and the references to nerd culture. Plenty of that in this book, which sees him investigating in the world of high tech. Wonderful, plenty of character development, and more hints to Nightingale's past during WW2.
Libro de transición entre arcos, pero que aprovecha para cambiar el formato del caso y añadir más facciones al mundo que se ha creado.
No hay mucha evolución de personajes, y los secundarios de siempre aquí aparecen con cuentagotas, pero tampoco se les echa de menos en ningún momento.
Tal vez hay más menciones a las historias cortas de las que parecen necesarias, o al menos esa impresión me ha dado habiendo leído solo una, pero que precisamente es la que está ligada con este libro.
La trama tecnológica le pega bastante, pero lo acerca tal vez demasiado a los Archivos de las Atrocidades.
A series I love packed with HGTG references. This was a fun read.
4.25 A fun romp into computer nerdery that does not quite reach the greatest heights reached by the series, but doesn't fall short by much. The plot about the magical computing antiques is fun and even the big twist makes sense, even if we are left in the dark about much of the significance. The main problem I see though is the huge cast of characters that makes it hard to track all of them. Some of them only appear in third-person narration only to then jump back into the action. The mains are all interesting, but the supports are where it gets confusing some of the time.
As a side-note Aaronovitch shows really good representation once again. All in all, a very enjoyable read.
Another great book in the series. Interesting to see if it goes a little lovecraftian in future books.
