The Fractal Prince

Name: The Fractal Prince
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Author: Hannu Rajaniemi
ISBN: 9781470361044

Author: Hannu Rajaniemi

Series: Jean le Flambeur #2

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/19/2013

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

A physicist receives a mysterious paper. The ideas in it are far, far ahead of current thinking and quite, quite terrifying. In a city of " fast ones," shadow players, and jinni, two sisters contemplate a revolution. And on the edges of reality a thief, helped by a sardonic ship, is trying to break into a SchrOdinger box for his patron. In the box is his freedom. Or not. Jean de Flambeur is back. And he' s running out of time. In Hannu Rajaniemi' s sparkling follow-up to the critically acclaimed international sensation The Quantum Thief, he returns to his awe-inspiring vision of the universeand we discover what the future held for Earth.

About Hannu Rajaniemi

Hannu Rajaniemi is a Finnish author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, who writes in both English and Finnish. His works include the Jean le Flambeur series, "Elegy for a Young Elk," and "Deus Ex Homine." He holds a BSc in mathematics from the University of Oulu, a certificate of advanced study in mathematics from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in mathematical physics from the University of Edinburgh. Hannu lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Petrik on May 05, 2023

3.5/5 stars The Fractal Prince currently sits at the top of the most complex and difficult sci-fi book I’ve ever read; probably soon to be replaced by its sequel. Rajaniemi continues his uncompromising no exposition storytelling style. Other than one or two short sentences, all terms were left unexpla......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on May 07, 2024

Re-Read 5/7/24: I've said it before and I'll say it again: this series has got to be one of my all time-favorite SFs ever. If anything, the second book is better than the first. Or perhaps, I just LOVE story-within-story stories more than anything else. But here's the real scoop: There's nothing about......more

Goodreads review by Майя on August 04, 2022

"The Fractal Prince" continues the story of post-singular society, described in a peculiar author's manner of "showing without telling". Rayaniemi literally silences the reader with an abnormal number of things difficult to perceive without a detailed explanation. He does not like to give explanatio......more

Goodreads review by Alexander on October 21, 2012

(The review was originally posted in the blog Random's 23 Cents: [URL not allowed]) Step into the Palace of Stories, taste their body of fractals… I gobbled The Fractal Prince up in just a few days, hungry to devour as many pages as possible during my daily commute between tube......more

Goodreads review by Trish on May 08, 2024

This leaves off where the first book ended. So Jean has the Schrödinger's Box but still no memories. However, he knows that he, Mieli and the sentient ship need to go to Earth next. We see more of the founders of the Zobernost and of Mieli's employer. Most importantly, though, we finally find out why......more