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The Quantum Thief

The epic hard SF heist thriller for fans of THE MATRIX and NEUROMANCER

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The Quantum Thief

By: Hannu Rajaniemi
Narrated by: Rupert Degas
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The Quantum Thief is a dazzling hard SF novel set in the solar system of the far future - a heist novel peopled by bizarre post-humans but powered by very human motives of betrayal, revenge and jealousy. It is a stunning debut. 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 steal their thoughts, to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of the Moving Cities of Mars. Except that Jean made one mistake. Now he is condemned to play endless variations of a game-theoretic riddle in the vast virtual jail of the Axelrod Archons - the Dilemma Prison - against countless copies of himself. Jean's routine of death, defection and cooperation is upset by the arrival of Mieli and her spidership, Perhonen.

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A great story that requires some concentration because the world is detailed, complicated and beautifully described. A pinch of detective mystery and political thriller thrown into the sci-fi mix, a really interesting story that romps along . I love books that stand up to repeat listening/reading and this fits the bill (I'm a Hamilton, Banks, Stephenson, Gibson fan, if that helps.) As always, having a first-class reader makes a world of difference and Rupert Degas' performance is brilliant. Highly recommended.

Rich, complex sci-fi. Great Story. Great Narrator.

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Takes a bit of time to get into, but definately worth the effort. Different in the way that Solaris is from Ringworld. A lot more empahsis on the thought processes and feelings of the characters the 'normal' SciFi.

A different take on SciFi

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The story is good and it has a lot of interesting ideas. But it’s very hard to follow because everything is presented as a puzzle missing pieces.

Impossible to follow without a guide

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Lots of great ideas, twists, and new sci-fi concepts to get your head around.

High tech, futuristic, alien, mind bending

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Great narration and production and the story is great too, shame there are not audiobook versions of the two sequels (which I will now being buying)

Great narration and production!

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