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The Fractal Prince

The Fractal Prince

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  • Author：Hannu Rajaniemi
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Summary

Jean le Flambeur is out of prison， but still not free。 To pay his debts he has to break into the mind of a living god。 But when the stakes are revealed， Jean has to decide how far he is willing to go to get the job done。 The sequel to Hannu Rajaniemi's extraordinary debut novel is set to build on the extravagant promise of one of the most exciting new voices to come out of the genre this century。

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Reviews

Jeroen De Dauw ，

Easily the best book I read since the Children of Time series。 6/5

Taru Luojola ，

Dadaa， jossa oli ilmeisesti jokin juonikin， jota en yhtään kyennyt seuraamaan sen kaiken dadan joukosta。 Ja ilmeisesti henkilöitäkin， joiden symppaamiseen en löytänyt yhtäkään syytä。

Derek Rocco ，

Weakest of the trilogy， but very good in its own right！

Socrate ，

În noaptea aceea， Matjek se furişează afară din visul său pentru a-l vizita din nou pe hoţ。 tÎn vis， el se află într-o librărie。 Este un loc întunecos şi murdar， cu tavan scund şi o scară deformată， care suie la o mansardă micuţă。 Poliţele sunt îndoite sub greutatea volumelor colbuite。 În aer， aroma apăsătoare de tămâie provenită din odaia din spate se amestecă cu izul de praf şi mucegai。 tÎn lumina slabă， Matjek mijeşte ochii spre etichetele scrise de mână。 S-au modificat de când a fost ultima În noaptea aceea， Matjek se furişează afară din visul său pentru a-l vizita din nou pe hoţ。 tÎn vis， el se află într-o librărie。 Este un loc întunecos şi murdar， cu tavan scund şi o scară deformată， care suie la o mansardă micuţă。 Poliţele sunt îndoite sub greutatea volumelor colbuite。 În aer， aroma apăsătoare de tămâie provenită din odaia din spate se amestecă cu izul de praf şi mucegai。 tÎn lumina slabă， Matjek mijeşte ochii spre etichetele scrise de mână。 S-au modificat de când a fost ultima dată aici， iar subiectele lor sunt ezoterice。 Înghiţitori de foc。 Oameni-ghiulea。 Imuni la otrăvuri。 Motocicliştii Zidului morţii。 Minuni mentale multiple。 Escapologi。 tPulsul i se accelerează şi întinde mâna către un volum mic pe cotorul căruia scrie Istoria secretă a tunului Zacchini cu litere aurii， ondulate。 Lui Matjek îi plac poveştile din visele lui， deşi după trezire nu şi le poate reaminti niciodată pe de-a-ntregul。 Deschide cartea şi începe să citească。 tOmul-ghiulea nu o iubise de fapt niciodată， deşi i-o spusese de multe ori。 Singura lui iubire adevărată era zborul， senzaţia azvârlirii din gura uriaşului obiect pe care tatăl lui îl turnase dintr-un metal despre care se spunea că ar fi provenit dintr-o piatră căzută din cer。 El îşi dorea o soţie， dar ca pe un obiect pe care ar fi trebuit să-l deţină， o altă unealtă care să menţină funcţionabil măreţul mecanism pe care el şi tunul îl formau laolaltă， totuşi „iubire” nu era cuvântul potrivit pentru aşa ceva… tMatjek clipeşte。 Nu este povestea potrivită。 Nu duce la hoţ。 tTresare când cineva tuşeşte îndărătul lui şi închide iute cartea。 Dacă se va întoarce， îl va zări pe librarul deşirat care stă la tejghea şi-l priveşte dezaprobator， cu ochi sălbatici， cu firele sure de păr de pe piept iţindu-se prin butoniera cămăşii pătate， cu chip neras şi răutăcios。 Apoi Matjek se va trezi。 tMatjek scutură din cap。 În noaptea asta el nu-i un simplu visător， ci se află într-o misiune。 Pune grijuliu cartea la locul ei pe raft şi începe să suie treptele。 tSub greutatea lui， lemnul geme la fiecare pas。 El însuşi are impresia că este foarte greu。 Pe neaşteptate， balustrada i se pare moale în strânsoarea degetelor。 Dacă nu va fi atent， se va afunda în alt vis， mai adânc。 Dar apoi îl zăreşte: un fulger albastru printre volumele cenuşii， sus şi în faţă， pe raftul din colţ， exact acolo unde se termină scara。 。。。more

Dainis Mazkaļķis ，

3。5/5Sākumā jau sapriecājos， ka autors "labojies'' - ir neliels atskats iepriekšējos notikumos un šādi-tādi termini paskaidroti - pāragri sapriecājos， jo Zemes daļa ir atkal grūti izprotama un uztverama。 Skaidrība rodas pus grāmatā - līdz tam Siri stāsta puse liekas ne pārāk interesanta un aizraujoša。 Beigas jau ir augstā līmenī， bet nobeigumā šis tas tomēr paliek neskaidrs。 Tā kā neskaidrās daļas šoreiz šķita pat tracinošas un puse no Siri daļas garlaikoja （īpaši naizrāva）， tad apaļojums uz lej 3。5/5Sākumā jau sapriecājos， ka autors "labojies'' - ir neliels atskats iepriekšējos notikumos un šādi-tādi termini paskaidroti - pāragri sapriecājos， jo Zemes daļa ir atkal grūti izprotama un uztverama。 Skaidrība rodas pus grāmatā - līdz tam Siri stāsta puse liekas ne pārāk interesanta un aizraujoša。 Beigas jau ir augstā līmenī， bet nobeigumā šis tas tomēr paliek neskaidrs。 Tā kā neskaidrās daļas šoreiz šķita pat tracinošas un puse no Siri daļas garlaikoja （īpaši naizrāva）， tad apaļojums uz leju 。。。more

✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ （former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans） ，

· Book 1: The Quantum Thief ★★★★ · Book 1: The Quantum Thief ★★★★ 。。。more

Jacob Williams ，

'But why are you doing this？’‘For love，’ he says。‘Love for whom？’‘No one，’ he says。 ‘I just want to know what it feels like。’ This is decent， and worth reading to get to the third book， but I don't like it as much as the other two。 'But why are you doing this？’‘For love，’ he says。‘Love for whom？’‘No one，’ he says。 ‘I just want to know what it feels like。’ This is decent， and worth reading to get to the third book， but I don't like it as much as the other two。 。。。more

Ben ，

More fabulously inventive sci fi with zero exposition。 However， the charm of that out-of-your-depth feeling is somewhat lessened in this book compared to their first， especially as it follows the same plot structure and gives the reader less time to soak in the worldbuilding。

Brian Gaston ，

The ideas presented in the book about privacy and Big Data are very thought provoking and the story flows nicely。

Markus ，

I don't know man， there's just so much stuff here。 I suppose the point is to build the world very comprehensively， but maybe you can be too thorough？ I don't know man， there's just so much stuff here。 I suppose the point is to build the world very comprehensively， but maybe you can be too thorough？ 。。。more

Eric ，

About midway through it， I started to find myself reminded of 1，001 Nights。 And then a little farther along， of Gödel， Escher， Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid， feeling like I was reading a fugue。 And then， once I finished， I read the Acknowledgements， and those were the first two items Rajaniemi mentioned。 So that felt kinda nice。 As with the previous novel， it was bizarre， and difficult to follow。 There were so many new words， and it was long enough since I read the previous one that I hadn't ret About midway through it， I started to find myself reminded of 1，001 Nights。 And then a little farther along， of Gödel， Escher， Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid， feeling like I was reading a fugue。 And then， once I finished， I read the Acknowledgements， and those were the first two items Rajaniemi mentioned。 So that felt kinda nice。 As with the previous novel， it was bizarre， and difficult to follow。 There were so many new words， and it was long enough since I read the previous one that I hadn't retained much of it even though I quite enjoyed it。 This time， I read about the author and， learning that he is Finnish made me see some of the words a little differently -- I suspect he's sometimes just calling on his native language。 But， unlike made up words in other SF or fantasy novels， I had the distinct impression that these words are like words in other languages where they're not just replacements that can be easily translated， but have a distinct meaning that has no English equivalent。 So， it was dense， and loopy， and at times I wished it were a graphic novel because it felt like it desperately needed images that I couldn't quite picture myself。 But， over all， I quite enjoyed it。 。。。more

Gernot1610 ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Abgebrochen weil: Das Buch ist schlecht！

Matthew Xu ，

A very worthy sequel to The Quantum Thief， albeit more challenging， technically complex read。 I don't think I can give a truly fair assessment of the novel until I complete a second readthrough， but The Fractal Prince certainly highlights （hammers home through sheer volume of scientific terms， even） the skill and dexterity with which Rajaniemi constructs narrative。 As its title implies， book is itself a fractal in the spirit of The Arabian Nights: a series of stories within stories， full of self A very worthy sequel to The Quantum Thief， albeit more challenging， technically complex read。 I don't think I can give a truly fair assessment of the novel until I complete a second readthrough， but The Fractal Prince certainly highlights （hammers home through sheer volume of scientific terms， even） the skill and dexterity with which Rajaniemi constructs narrative。 As its title implies， book is itself a fractal in the spirit of The Arabian Nights: a series of stories within stories， full of self-reference and foreshadowing and layers of interpretation。 While this meta-reflection on storytelling might be enough thematic weight for another author， Rajaniemi takes things a step further by placing us in a post-Singularity Earth， which comes with manifold new questions around the nature of humanity， death， identity， etc。 The resulting book is as coherent and fast-paced as ever， but I personally found that the sheer density began to teeter on the verge of overambition; there is simply so much going on at any given moment that it's hard to separate the proverbial wheat from the chaff。 At the same time， its relative brevity （320 pages？？？） is a huge asset， testifying to Rajaniemi's clarity of thought and presenting a minimal barrier for re-reads。Strengths: Old characters: Like its predecessor， The Fractal Prince is a complete success in tackling deep， interesting character work within a sci-fi context。 We learn significantly more about both Mieli and the Sobornost， with some incredibly touching， humanistic reveals that don't feel cheap at all。 I won't get any deeper out of respect for spoilers， but I loved the idea of Founder codes as both a plot device and vehicle for exposition， and it was great learning more motivations and histories for the maybe-villains of the series。 In addition to similar reveals about Mieli， there's an incredibly badass moment of catharsis later in the book that was one of my favorite parts of the novel - Rajaniemi is so good at using every scene for multiple purposes and the way that section meaningfully advances the story， character， and world is stellar。 While we get some great exposition about Jean's history （and some insane new questions too）， his actual character progresses minimally。 However， that "lack" of traditional development becomes an interesting theme in itself， asking whether an immortal being can ever really change。 New characters: Our new "main" perspective character， Tawaddud， is another fantastic addition to the story。 I really loved Isidore， book 1's kid detective， and thought it would be difficult to reach the same bar again。 I was happily surprised by how invested I became in Tawaddud's storyline， which blossoms into an emotional story about family， responsibility， and belonging。 While it might not be a novel technique， Rajaniemi really nails this "bidirectional" character development， as we see Tawaddud change through forward plot progression and backwards looks into her hist/ory。 Structure: It's not fully clear until the very last page of the novel， but there are some seriously beautiful levels of story action and reflection going on in this book。 I love how the in-world mechanic of "false stories" and "self loops" as a sort of mind hacking are reflected in the broader nested stories， which both inform each other and create a feeling of recursion。 There's a relatively big plot reveal right near the middle of the book that serves as a perfect inflection point， one point of many where we as readers realize that we're acting more as participants than mere observers in the story。 Weaknesses:World: Potential Orientalism aside， the backdrop of Sirr was generally less interesting and engrossing to me than Mar's Oubliette from the first book。 Mental conceptualization was probably a big factor here - while the Oubliette is certainly complex， many of its core principles are explained early and are relatively easy to understand。 On the other hand， there are parts of post-Singularity Earth （wildcode， the Aun， the athar， ghuls， I could go on and on） which aren't explained until far past halfway into the book， if at all。 That's not the say that the baseline concepts or the culture are any less interesting， but comprehension definitely served as a barrier to enjoyment for me。 Maybe my brain is also too small to make thematic extrapolations， but Sirr and Earth also felt a bit flat to me as broader sociopolitical commentary - there's not as much cohesion in how the different world mechanics click together and stem from modern day technology。 Complexity: I'm typically a fan of the "show not tell" strategy of worldbuilding， but this book takes things beyond my comfort zone with the sheer amount of unexplained and uncontexualized terminology。 There are full passages here that read like parody of hard sci-fi， with loosely extrapolated scientific ideas wrapping around made-up， in-universe proper nouns。 In The Quantum Thief， definitions are doled out in a more measured， consistent manner， but the plot in The Fractal Prince demands a more inconsistent， back-heavy form of exposition。 That nuance makes me a little more forgiving of the initial confusion that comes in this book， but I also wonder how much of the obtuse prose actually services the story， and how much exists just for set dressing。 I don't think the references are disingenuous or performative - everything that I've taken the time to read more about has been both relevant and interesting - but without footnotes or an appendix， readers are left a little out in the cold。 。。。more

Morgan McGuire ，

This is not one of those series where the author learns from his mistakes in the first book and steadily improves。

Xavier Shay ，

Same vibe as others。 Glad I read them overall， mostly because haven't read anything else like it。 Same vibe as others。 Glad I read them overall， mostly because haven't read anything else like it。 。。。more

Holly （The GrimDragon） ，

“Mieli has been acting strangely。 She is not the life of the party at the best of times， but she has been even quieter than usual during the slow weeks of our journey from Mars。。”The Fractal Prince is the follow-up to The Quantum Thief in the Jean le Flambeur series by Hannu Rajaniemi。I’m not sure what type of actual monster is perhaps reading this review without having already read the first book in this glorious series， but if that happens to be you。。 I can’t guarantee that there won’t be spoi “Mieli has been acting strangely。 She is not the life of the party at the best of times， but she has been even quieter than usual during the slow weeks of our journey from Mars。。”The Fractal Prince is the follow-up to The Quantum Thief in the Jean le Flambeur series by Hannu Rajaniemi。I’m not sure what type of actual monster is perhaps reading this review without having already read the first book in this glorious series， but if that happens to be you。。 I can’t guarantee that there won’t be spoilers。 YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED！！“The good thing is， no one will ever die again。 The bad thing is， everyone will want to。”The Fractal Prince picks up immediately following the events in The Quantum Thief。 The charming thief Jean le Flambeur owes a great deal to Mieli， the winged badass space warrior & her precious spider-like ship， Perhonen。 Flambeur had been imprisoned in the Dilemma Prisons， a virtual simulation that forces the prisoner to confront not only other criminals， but often various versions of themselves。 And by confront， I mean usually have to fucking KILL THEMSELVES OVER & OVER LIKE AN EVEN MORE DERANGED GROUNDHOG DAY！ It’s an endless game of attempting to rehabilitate （torture） the inmate in a Realmspace in the hope that they will somehow become a decent person。 Mieli frees Jean so that he can retrieve his Very Important Memories™ from the Oubliette， which is a moving city above Mars， in order to help her mysterious patron Pellegrini steal something significant as well。Whereas The Quantum Thief took place primarily on Oubliette， The Fractal Prince is located on war-torn Earth。 Jean still doesn’t remember much & Mieli is continuing to look for her lost lover， Sydän。Oof。 I’ve barely even scratched the surface of the complexities here！ There are stories within stories within stories。 It’s philosophical & atmospheric & bonkers af！Did I mention that Rajaniemi has a Ph。D in string theory？ Because he does。 And hot damn is it evident throughout this series！ However， he’s somehow able to weave math & science with readability， poetry & gut-wrenching emotion in this explosively brilliant way。 It’s impressive as fuck！Stolen memories， posthumans， jinni， gods， a butterfly beast， serpent-like monsters， Dragons （with a capital “D” that eat。。 well， I’ll let you discover what it is that they eat！）The Fractal Prince is a wild ride， upping the stakes for the characters in delightfully intriguing ways！ 。。。more

Shae ，

Still really interesting concepts， good twists that have foreshadowing without making it too obvious。 Looking forward to the next one。

Padmini Pyapali ，

Better than book 1。 Made me think of software in a new way 🙏🙏

Mimi ，

Wildly entertaining。 It's a puzzle and a heist and an interesting mix of science fiction and fantasy。 But to be completely honest， I understood maybe 50% of the plot and about 20% of the science （and even less of the theoretical science）。 Didn't get in the way of my enjoyment of the story though。 The prose is fast-paced and a lot of fun （the rollicking kind）。 Hannu Rajaniemi has an interesting way with words and a unique plotting style that kept me turning the pages late into the night， even tho Wildly entertaining。 It's a puzzle and a heist and an interesting mix of science fiction and fantasy。 But to be completely honest， I understood maybe 50% of the plot and about 20% of the science （and even less of the theoretical science）。 Didn't get in the way of my enjoyment of the story though。 The prose is fast-paced and a lot of fun （the rollicking kind）。 Hannu Rajaniemi has an interesting way with words and a unique plotting style that kept me turning the pages late into the night， even though I wasn't entirely sure what was happening half the time I was reading。 So in many ways， this book was the perfect distraction and exactly what I was looking for。 。。。more

Beth ，

Great book， but it includes a "soul train" and this is all I can think of。 Great book， but it includes a "soul train" and this is all I can think of。 。。。more

Paul， ，

Hard， hard book。 But interesting， and， if you can hold all of the unexplained ideas in your head for hundreds of pages， pretty good。

Julie ，

This is the 2nd book in a series but I think you don't necessarily have to read the first book to read this one。 Events in the first book are referred to and there's actually a brief synopsis of characters and some events in the beginning of the book。 But I'm reading the 3rd book now and there is a character and setting from the 1st book that appears again， so you might as well read them all from the beginning if you're gonna read any of them。Alas there's more "Huh？" and "Wut？" passages of techn This is the 2nd book in a series but I think you don't necessarily have to read the first book to read this one。 Events in the first book are referred to and there's actually a brief synopsis of characters and some events in the beginning of the book。 But I'm reading the 3rd book now and there is a character and setting from the 1st book that appears again， so you might as well read them all from the beginning if you're gonna read any of them。Alas there's more "Huh？" and "Wut？" passages of technobabble that is not explained or only explained over halfway through the book。 Here's an example， let me know if you can understand this: "He knew this was coming， but he has no desire to touch his Code， the thing that grants Founders root access to the meta-laws of the firmament that govern all virs。"When I first read this I was like "meta-laws of the firmament， wha。。。" and "What the **** is a 'vir'？！？！？！？！"。 We aren't given the definition of a 'vir' until halfway through the book。 Yeah， great timing there author！ Oh， so that's what it is！ That would have been nice to know 150 pages ago so that all the times a vir is mentioned I would know what the heck is going on！ Sheesh。 Sigh。 Yes， more techonobabble to try to figure out in this book。 This is just one example， the books is full of weird terms that are not immediately understandable even by context。 Just brace yourself and go with it。 Don't try too hard or your brain with become a pretzel。So what's the story in the second book？ Well our main characters， the thief and Mieli （and Perhonen the ship--my favorite character by the way） are going to Earth to find something or do something， all I know is Mieli refers to a promise she made that she has to fulfill。 Yeah， just go with the flow people。 Interspersed with the sections on our MCs are sections on new characters on Earth， which is apparently half desert full of wild code that will do bad things to you if you get caught by it and half cities and slums。 And there are jinni！ Yes， real live jinni folks， some even kept in bottles。 But no Aladdan to save the day so don't hold your breath。 There are two sisters and we read from the POV of the one who is out of favor because of something she did in the past。 Her sister gives her an opportunity to gain some ground with Daddy if she parades around a visiting dignitary from the Sobornost。 But of course things go sideways eventually （otherwise it would be a boring book if nothing exciting happened！） and the one sister （I think her name was spelled Tawwaddud or something like that） tries her best to deal with things。 I found the sections about Tawwaddud the most interesting of the book since I had to learn how her culture works and it was interesting。 Plus， she's a kind of underdog， and who doesn't root for the underdog！ We find out what happened to Mieli's lover Sydan in a flashback。 There's some other stuff we find out， like who the Sobornost are and what their Great Plan is。 The thief is busy dodging attacks by thousands of needle like things that burn human flesh。 Someone is after him and he has to find a way to get them off his trail。 Perhonen the ship just generally tries to help Mieli and the Thief survive。 And we find out some history of the pellegrini （I don't understand why that word is not capitalized）。And then the book abruptly ends。 Things are in tatters and it doesn't look good， kind of a cliffhanger ending but not a "Gasp！" kind of cliffhanger。 More like the ending of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back， but without the drama of Han Solo being turned to stone and hauled off to Jabba the Hutt。 The feeling like bad things are happening and it's overwhelming and how are the good guys going to prevail？ And then boom you get the credits。。。er I mean the end of the book。 And on to the next to find out what happens！ 。。。more

Tyler ，

An excellent follow-on to the first book in the series。 Kept enough of the fun and interesting flavor of the original， but added some new aspects to keep it interesting。

Fuego ，

I feel cheated。 While "The Quantum Thief" was a cool hard sci-fi book with mind-blowing concepts， ideas， far-future tech， and some forgivable flaws， "The Fractal Prince" read like a soporific mixed bag of folklore， fairy tales， and cyberpunk。 At times the story became wildly incoherent and I didn't care what was going on anymore。 I feel cheated。 While "The Quantum Thief" was a cool hard sci-fi book with mind-blowing concepts， ideas， far-future tech， and some forgivable flaws， "The Fractal Prince" read like a soporific mixed bag of folklore， fairy tales， and cyberpunk。 At times the story became wildly incoherent and I didn't care what was going on anymore。 。。。more

The Book Grocer ，

Purchase The Fractal Prince here for just $3！ Lovers of great Sci-Fi will enjoy Finnish author Hannu Rajaniemi’s sparkling follow-up to the critically acclaimed international sensation The Quantum Thief。 The Fractal Prince continues that story and is set in the same post-human existence。 Rajaniemi's unique take on a possible future is truly fascinating！Amarina - The Book Grocer Purchase The Fractal Prince here for just $3！ Lovers of great Sci-Fi will enjoy Finnish author Hannu Rajaniemi’s sparkling follow-up to the critically acclaimed international sensation The Quantum Thief。 The Fractal Prince continues that story and is set in the same post-human existence。 Rajaniemi's unique take on a possible future is truly fascinating！Amarina - The Book Grocer 。。。more

Sylwka （unserious。pl） ，

Pierwsza odsłona cyklu Jean le Flambeur Hannu Rajaniemi to było prawdziwe hard science fiction， z dużym naciskiem na hard。 ;） Do tego jakoś sam styl autora mnie nie zachwycił， ale historia miała pewne walory， które spowodowały， iż postanowiłam kontynuować przygodę z panem le Flambeur i sięgnęłam po drugą odsłonę cyklu pod tytułem Fraktalny książę。Złodziej i Pudełko。"Na granicach przestrzeni złodziej， któremu pomaga sardoniczny statek， próbuje się włamać do pudełka Schrödingera。 Robi to dla swej Pierwsza odsłona cyklu Jean le Flambeur Hannu Rajaniemi to było prawdziwe hard science fiction， z dużym naciskiem na hard。 ;） Do tego jakoś sam styl autora mnie nie zachwycił， ale historia miała pewne walory， które spowodowały， iż postanowiłam kontynuować przygodę z panem le Flambeur i sięgnęłam po drugą odsłonę cyklu pod tytułem Fraktalny książę。Złodziej i Pudełko。"Na granicach przestrzeni złodziej， któremu pomaga sardoniczny statek， próbuje się włamać do pudełka Schrödingera。 Robi to dla swej pracodawczyni oraz dla właścicielki statku Mieli。 W pudełku kryje się jego wolność。 Albo nie。Pudełka strzegą kody wypaczające logikę oraz zdrowy rozsądek。 A statek zaatakowano。Złodziej jest blisko śmierci， a napastnik pożera statek żywcem。Jeanowi de Flambeur zaczyna brakować czasu。 Wszystkim jego wersjom。Natomiast na Ziemi dwie siostry w mieście Szybkich， kryjących się w cieniu graczy oraz dżinnów planują rewolucję。Jest wiele innych historii， które można opowiedzieć w tysiąc i jedną noc， ale te dwie będą się łączyły i splatały ze sobą， aż rzeczywistość przerodzi się w spiralę。"Ziemia， Baśnie z tysiąca i jednej nocy， dżiny i latające dywany。Było lepiej， ale…Autor nadal ma manierę „zostawiania wszystkiego na później”。 Przez co wykreowany przez niego świat jest aż nadmiernie skomplikowany i ciężko nacieszyć się jego konstrukcją。 Odkrywanie każdej zależności， to droga wręcz przez mękę。 Do tego mam wrażenie， iż Rajaniemi nie czuje momentami wykreowanego przez siebie świata i dlatego sam nie jest w stanie zdefiniować szczegółów oraz przedstawić kontekstu danej sytuacji。Jeżeli chodzi o bohaterów， to niestety wątek Złodzieja i Mieli， nie powala （dalej odzyskujemy wspomnienia， a Jean jest nudny jak flaki z olejem） i momentami miałam wrażenie， jakby autor chciał trochę „wyciszyć” tę parę i skierować światła reflektorów na intrygującą Tawaddud。Młodą kobietę z „przeszłością”， o niezwykłych umiejętnościach， która nie ma w swoim środowisku „dobrej prasy”。 Do tego jej stosunki z rodziną również nie należą do wzorowych， ale tajemnice która posiadła mają wielką wartość。Jej historia i wszystko to， co dzieje się w pustynnym mieście Sirr niezwykle przykuwa uwagę。 Na szczególne zaś wyróżnienie zasługuje niewątpliwie nawiązanie do Baśni z tysiąca i jednej nocy， wplecenie w historię dżinów， wezyrów oraz tradycji i połączenie tego wszystkiego ze światem przepełnionym technologią。Dlatego mimo lekkiego rozczarowania „będę pchać ten wózek dalej”。 Gdyż Hannu Rajaniemi mimo niewątpliwych braków w przedstawianiu świata i przepełnianiu fabuły technicznymi „wstawkami” bez kontekstu i wyjaśnień， dodaje do treści nutką tajemniczości oraz zgrabnie łączy tradycję i kulturę z technologią。 Czy polecam？ Jeżeli już， to tylko osobom， które lubią hard science fiction， z dużym naciskiem na hard i nie boją się wyzwań， gdyż historia do lekkich i łatwych nie należy。 ;）http://unserious。pl/2020/09/fraktalny。。。 。。。more

rixx ，

The Quantum Thief was amazing。 I have no idea if The Fractal Prince will be similar or completely different。

Robin Meadows ，

Another story of nested puzzles in which all things from the first book are explained。 At its core this series is about the freedom to determine your own fate and choosing to become a better person。 Pretty great。

Brown Robin ，

I am not going to pretend I understood any of this story。 But I enjoyed reading it， and there is such energy in the language， such lividity in the imagery， such panache in the narrative， that I recommend it to anyone who wants a challenge but also wants a payoff。 This is not word salad such as you find in William Burroughs or James Joyce， but an effusive， allusive exploration of a future just beyond human ken， a future we are helping to create though we can never experience its joys， or frankly I am not going to pretend I understood any of this story。 But I enjoyed reading it， and there is such energy in the language， such lividity in the imagery， such panache in the narrative， that I recommend it to anyone who wants a challenge but also wants a payoff。 This is not word salad such as you find in William Burroughs or James Joyce， but an effusive， allusive exploration of a future just beyond human ken， a future we are helping to create though we can never experience its joys， or frankly comprehend them。 This is a world for our progeny， whatever they may be。 。。。more

Kimmo Kuopanportti ，

Neljä tähteä maailmanrakennuksesta， mutta vain kaksi tähteä itse tarinasta， joka ei oikein lähtenyt lentoon， vaan laahasi villikoodiaavikkoa pitkin kuin laiva， jota laiskanpulskeat roklinnut vetävät haluttomasti perässään。

Reference

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