The Causal Angel
Ratings13
Average rating4.1
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Ratings13
Average rating4.1
With his infectious love of storytelling in all its forms, his rich characterization and his unrivaled grasp of thrillingly bizarre cutting-edge science, Hannu Rajaniemi swiftly set a new benchmark for Science Fiction in the 21st century. Now, with his third novel, he completes the tale of the many lives, and minds, of gentleman rogue Jean de Flambeur. Influenced as much by the fin de siècle novels of Maurice leBlanc as he is by the greats of SF, Rajaniemi weaves intricate, warm capers through dazzling science, extraordinary visions of a wild future,and deep conjectures on the nature of reality and story. In The Causal Angel we will discover the ultimate fates of Jean, his employer Miele, the independently minded ship Perhonnen, and the rest of a fractured and diverse humanity flung throughout the solar system. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Series
3 primary booksJean le Flambeur is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Hannu Rajaniemi.
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Well, that was a roller coaster of a journey, with Jean le Flambeur, through the eccentric universe of the Zoku, Sobornost, and the Oort. As for the ending - I may need to read that bit again - it requires a bit more quantum processing. Of the whole trilogy I enjoyed this book less than the previous two.
However, overall, it is probably one of the best hard SF trilogies I have read. The author has a scientific background and it shows in the science that is described in the novels. It can be mind bogglingly difficult to follow.
Great stuff!
Book three in Rajaniemi's Flambeau trilogy.
The first line: "Alone on the timeless beach, Joséphine Pellegrini finds herself disappointed by the end of the world." After all her hard work. A bit of a fizzer as it turned out.
