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- ISBN
- 9780765329493
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co
ISBN-10
0765329492
ISBN-13
9780765329493
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99603259
Product Key Features
Book Title
Quantum Thief
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction / General
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Jean Le Flambeur Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2011-007399
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Many an anglophone author would kill to turn out prose half as good as this.... Reminiscent of the work of Alfred Bester, who produced two of the finest American SF books of the 1950s, The Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination ., A brilliant first novel. The Quantum Thief , like so much of the best space opera of this century, is a prodigy house, where propositions are instant heritage, and arguments are eyeclick., "The next big thing in hard SF. Hard to admit, but I think he's better at this stuff than I am." -- Charles Stross "Many an anglophone author would kill to turn out prose half as good as this.... Reminiscent of the work of Alfred Bester, who produced two of the finest American SF books of the 1950s, The Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination ." -- The Financial Times "A brilliant first novel. The Quantum Thief , like so much of the best space opera of this century, is a prodigy house, where propositions are instant heritage, and arguments are eyeclick." -- John Clute
Series Volume Number
1
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Synopsis
A crazy joyride through the solar system several centuries hence--and the most exciting SF-adventure debut in years, Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist, and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy- from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of Mars. Now he's confined inside the Dilemma Prison, where every day he has to get up and kill himself before his other self can kill him. Rescued by the mysterious Mieli and her flirtatious spacecraft, Jean is taken to the Oubliette, the Moving City of Mars, where time is currency, memories are treasures, and a moon-turnedsingularity lights the night. What Mieli offers is the chance to win back his freedom and the powers of his old self-in exchange for finishing the one heist he never quite managed. As Jean undertakes a series of capers on behalf of Mieli and her mysterious masters, elsewhere in the Oubliette investigator Isidore Beautrelet is called in to investigate the murder of a chocolatier, and finds himself on the trail of an arch-criminal, a man named le Flambeur.... "The Quantum Thief "is a crazy joyride through the solar system several centuries hence, a world of marching cities, ubiquitous public-key encryption, people communicating by sharing memories, and a race of hyper-advanced humans who originated as MMORPG guild members. But for all its wonders, it is also a story powered by very human motives of betrayal, revenge, and jealousy. It is a stunning debut."The Quantum Thief" is a Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011 Science Fiction & Fantasy title. One of "Library Journal"'s Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2011, Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist, and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy- from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of Mars. Now he's confined inside the Dilemma Prison, where every day he has to get up and kill himself before his other self can kill him. Rescued by the mysterious Mieli and her flirtatious spacecraft, Jean is taken to the Oubliette, the Moving City of Mars, where time is currency, memories are treasures, and a moon-turnedsingularity lights the night. What Mieli offers is the chance to win back his freedom and the powers of his old self-in exchange for finishing the one heist he never quite managed. As Jean undertakes a series of capers on behalf of Mieli and her mysterious masters, elsewhere in the Oubliette investigator Isidore Beautrelet is called in to investigate the murder of a chocolatier, and finds himself on the trail of an arch-criminal, a man named le Flambeur.... The Quantum Thief is a crazy joyride through the solar system several centuries hence, a world of marching cities, ubiquitous public-key encryption, people communicating by sharing memories, and a race of hyper-advanced humans who originated as MMORPG guild members. But for all its wonders, it is also a story powered by very human motives of betrayal, revenge, and jealousy. It is a stunning debut. The Quantum Thief is a Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011 Science Fiction & Fantasy title. One of Library Journal 's Best SF/Fantasy Books of 2011
LC Classification Number
PR9170.F563R35 2011
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