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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.

©2010 Hannu Rajaniemi (P)2011 Orion Publishing Group Ltd

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could hear it

Really bad audio ... am returning - just couldn't understand it - first book in ages i have struck like this

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An intriguing post-human tale and caveat for AU

Like another review said, the audio, especially early on wasn't good / clear (and I download at high quality). The story itself is great exploring what post-singularity humanity, consciousness and 'being' could look like.

Utterly fascinating, though I can understand the concepts can be heavy going if you're not prepared for consciousness being a thing uploaded, downloaded and copied.

Now for the caveat. The rest of the series is not available in the Australian region. If Audible or the publishers ever note these reviews, it would be great if the next books were available beyond the USA.

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Interesting story but a bit confusing

Good story, full of interesting characters, places and concepts. Loved the mix of high tech, futurism and classic scenarios.

The performance of Rupert Degas was exceptional, really brings life to the multitude of characters.

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Loved it

Fantastic narration of a marvellous and densely plotted book. highly recommend you pick this one up.

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Quite brilliant

Great production, voice acting, effects, music and a mesmerising universe. An excellent meditation on layered reality and privacy.

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Excellent but not for doing housework

Degas is excellent. Story had lots of strange concepts that are hard to pickup. #usethewiki

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