The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur #2)
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- Synopsis
- [from the back cover] "In Hannu Rajaniemi's dazzling debut novel, THE QUANTUM THIEF, he introduced us to a future like no other--a Solar System physically reshaped by posthuman intelligences and shot through with ubiquitous IT. It is a world in which quantum effects can be manipulated by the powerful to unknowable ends; an era in which some are gods and others are dead souls, kept alive for their processing power. Where in the Inner Solar System, the Sobornost endlessly iterate themselves in vast, planet-sized guberniyas--while casually running experiments on the photosphere of the sun. It is a world of barbaric adventure in the outer system, of mad warrior cultures and a race of hyperadvanced humans descended from an MMORPG guild. A Solar System marked by the fragments of Jupiter-that-was,.. and where on Earth, in a city of shadow players and jinni, two sisters contemplate a revolution. In this world, the thief Jean le Flambeur had to break out of prison--and find the truth about his many previous selves, a truth he had hidden long ago. This Jean has now done, but he is still not free. To pay his debts he must now break into the mind of a living god. On the edges of physical space, he must open a Schrödinger box--one protected by codes that twist logic and sanity. In the box is his freedom. Or not."
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 302 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780765329509
- Publisher:
- Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
- Date of Addition:
- 07/07/16
- Copyrighted By:
- Hannu Rajaniemi
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Evan Reese
- Proofread By:
- Kathy Hester
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.