The Causal Angel

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With his infectious love of storytelling in all its forms, his rich characterisation and his unrivalled grasp of thrillingly bizarre cutting edge science Hannu Rajaniemi has swiftly set a new benchmark for SF in the 21st century And now with his third novel he completes the tale of his gentleman rogue, the many lives and minds of Jean de Flambeur.Influenced as much by the fin de siecle novels of Maurice leBlanc as he is by the greats of SF Rajaniemi weaves, intricate, warm capers through dazzling science, extraordinary visions of wild future and deep conjecture on the nature of reality and story.And now we find out what will happen to Jean, his employer Mieli, the independently minded ship Perhonen and the rest of a fractured and diverse humanity flung through the solar system. Download The Causal Angel – kino-fada.fr My mind has been traumatized I understood barely half of what happened in this book.I m actually amazed and proud of myself that I finished this book I don t have a lot of things to say here regarding the content of the book I really wish I could saybut I m not able to because I just don t understandthan half of what happened here the uncompromising zero exposition was too difficult for my first read This is definitely a trilogy that requires a reread to fully understand what My mind has been traumatized I understood barely half of what happened in this book.I m actually amazed and proud of myself that I finished this book I don t have a lot of things to say here regarding the content of the book I really wish I could saybut I m not able to because I just don t understandthan half of what happened here the uncompromising zero exposition was too difficult for my first read This is definitely a trilogy that requires a reread to fully understand what happened If you re not into a hard as fuck with zero exposition sci fi, I seriously can t recommend this trilogy to you However, if you re into them, this could truly be a masterpiece series for you The fact that I finished this trilogy and this last book without understanding eve...It s nice to have the trilogy wrapped up, but I found myself progressively less satisfied with each book Rajaniemi s contribution is creating a narrative within a post Singularity society, where minds are indistinguishable from computation and identity is no longer constrained by individuality It s a dizzying thing to try to read, but if you enjoy consuming sci fi that only becomes comprehensible in retrospect, this is cask strength stuff.But there are problems The universe is invented in the It s nice to have the trilogy wrapped up, but I found myself progressively less satisfied with each book Rajaniemi s contribution is creating a narrative within a post S...Absolutely astonishing ending of a mind blowing series that is for me the greatest and the most beautiful science fiction trilogy of all time.This review is for Book 2, The Fractal Prince and Book 3, The Causal Angel Books 2 and 3 were just as entertaining as Book 1, The Quantum Thief, although neither achieved the thematic heights of Book 1 the premise of rewriting history that impressed me profoundly Instead, we are treated to further adventures in this surreal far future world created by Rajaniemi Rajaniemi continues to impress me with his ability to project into the extreme future what life might be like if consciousness This review is for Book 2, The Fractal Prince and Book 3, The Causal Angel Books 2 and 3 were just as entertaining as Book 1, The Quantum Thief, although neither achieved the thematic heights of Book 1 the premise of rewriting history that impressed me profoundly Instead, we are treated to further adventures in this surreal far future world created by Rajaniemi Rajaniemi continues to impress me with his ability to project into the extreme future what life might be like if consciousness could be d...Two stars strictly for ambition But this series has degenerated into a wankfest You may wish to see my review of The Fractal Prince, in which I started to wonder if the series might be getting a bit top heavy with concepts Note you might do better if you plan to read this right after The Fractal Prince while that book is relatively fresh in your mind You know the recent craze to create the Best Ever Cocktail where bartenders sorry, mixologists toss in five ounces of liquor, most Two stars strictly for ambition But this series has degenerated into a wankfest You may wish to see my review of The Fractal Prince, in which I started to wonder if the series might be getting a bit top heavy with concepts Note you might do better if you plan to read this right after The Fractal Prince while that book is relatively fresh in your mind You know the recent craze to create the Best...I cannot recommend this trilogy enough It s smart, has mind blowing images, really fast pace, and ideas to absolutely kill for, and kill again, and even aim for a true death before causality does a flip and the spooky zoku decide that it s time to revoke my entanglements and I lose a few hundred gaming levels This novel really feels N Complete I m satisfied in a way that I rarely get, and I have decided to plop these novels into my most favorite books of all time Sure, there are flaws, but I cannot recommend this trilogy enough It s smart, has mind blowing images, really fast pace, and ideas to absolutely kill for, and kill again, ...originally posted at year I had the chance to read Hannu Rajaniemi s sequel, The Fractal Prince, to his stellar debut, The Quantum Thief I am a big fan of authors who defy the normal set rules of fantasy and science fiction and create there own this can either turn out so so or produce a very ambitious book The Jean Le Flambeur series definitely belongs to the latter case Hannu Rajaniemi holds a Ph.D in mathematical physics and isn t afraid to originally posted at year I had the chance to read Hannu Rajaniemi s sequel, The Fractal Prince, to his stellar debut, The Quantum Thief I am a big fan of authors who defy the normal set rules of fantasy and science fiction and create there own this can either turn out so so or produce a very ambitious book The Jean Le Flambeur series definitely belongs to the latter case Hannu Rajaniemi holds a Ph.D in mathematical physics and isn t afraid to use several of the science concepts and theories in his stories In the The Fractal Prince I had to scratch my head a couple of times to fully understand it, but rereading these scenes only bolstered a much better hard wired science fiction feeling Hannu Rajaniemi s books are in a complete league of their own amongst the science fiction genre, it s unique and mind cracking good The Quantum Thief introduced us to the main protagonist of the story Jean Le Flambeur, a gentlemen thief who has had quite the in famous reputation, Jean eventually f...This book, a spectacular conclusion to an incredible trilogy, is a perfect example of how awe inspiring written words can be If you dig sci fi and have not read these books yet, please remedy that ASAFP I really hope that the author revisits these characters in the future because even after three books, I...I don t normally blaze through a trilogy by chain reading them all in a row, but I had invested so much headspace in figuring out the charterers, the various societies, and their technology that I needed to finish up while it was all still clear in my mind.Also, I had ...Having finished the trilogy I just have to say this is my favorite piece of Sci Fi work Ever.Hannu Rajaniemi is definitely on another level His otherwordly settings put your imagination to work like a boot camp Some of the things that happen in the book, the environments, the places, are just hard to imagine Once again is the wedding of ultra hyper hi tech and fantasy the technology is just so advanced that whole realities virs, Realms can be created around whatever concept you fancy And Having finished the trilogy I just have to say this is my favorite piece of Sci Fi work Ever.Hannu Rajaniemi is definitely on another level His otherwordly settings put your imagination to work like a boot camp Some of the things...

The Causal Angel
  • English
  • 22 May 2018
  • Paperback
  • 292 pages
  • 0575088974
  • Hannu Rajaniemi
  • The Causal Angel