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My favourite in the series so far

Revisado: 08-31-24

I originally started listening to the series with the mind of it being "we have Dresden at home". However over time it has found its niche in the form of a very gritty urban crime fantasy. The infrequent use of magic is more ritualistic, nasty, and costly. I don't normally like prison stories either but this worked.

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Flawless

Revisado: 08-21-24

So glad to have found this author. Everything I wanted in a hard scifi novel. I have absolutely no notes.

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A variety of stories of varied quality

Revisado: 01-22-24

The Dresden Files story was excellent. The other stories ranges from adequate to very good as did the narration. Sometimes the two aligned sometimes they didn't.

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Thematically and structurally complex

Revisado: 12-23-23

This is one of the more demanding Culture novels with a bit more of Ian Banks and a bit less of Ian M Banks despite setting. Non-linear story telling at its finest.

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Better by every metric than I expected

Revisado: 08-23-22

It's important to note that this is effectively a radio play and not an audio book. I was more used to the standard audio book experience so it took me a moment to adjust but once I did I loved it.

It was funnier, better cast, and better written than I had hoped for. The sound production values are out of this world, by far the best of any "audio book" I have encountered so far. There is a fair amount of fourth wall breaking but it makes sense in context and even the narration has its own tie in to the plot. Pay attention to when characters start to break the fourth wall who didn't previously, it has a consistent logic to it as far as I could tell. The story managed to surprise me.

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A strange tale

Revisado: 07-04-22

At its heart it is still Science Fiction but with hints of Cosmic Horror. To me occupies a similar space to Century Rain and Terminal World in its blurring of genre boundaries. If you are looking for more Revelation Space this isn't it but I strongly urge you to experience it.

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Informative Mathematical Realism Apologism

Revisado: 10-14-21

As a mathematical realist I really loved this book and appreciate his four level ontological mapping of the multiverse. I am not sure that someone going in as a non mathematical realist will be converted by the end of the book (in much the same way as religious apologetics does not win many converts to their respective world-views).

I was surprised when he discussed his leanings towards mathematical finitism later on as many of his previous points seemed to depend on infinities such as in his explanation of the wavefunction and Hilbert space. I may have misunderstood. I disagreed with the outcome of his assessment on the likelihood of non-human life but can appreciate the reasoning involved.

The earlier sections on his personal experience with cosmology and physics are interspersed with enjoyable personal
vignettes and the bulk of the book can be enjoyed regardless of your position on mathematical realism.

I read this book after having read Life 3.0 and in general probably preferred the latter but both are well worthwhile.

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One of the best Dark Fantasy stories I have heard

Revisado: 02-01-20

An amazing story that combines aspects of Greek / Judeocrhistian / Egyptian mythologies. Excellent narration brings it to "life:". I will probably still buy a physical copy of the book for the beautiful illustrations which accompany it.

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I would have been prepared to pay for it

Revisado: 05-05-19

A great scifi author coupled with a great scifi voice actor to give a great... well I guess its really an urban fantasy. If it hadn't have been free I would still have been happy to pay for it.

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This is not an audiobook

Revisado: 10-29-18

Its very important to note that this is effectively a radio play and not an audio book. There is almost no third person narration which means that exposition and scene setting often takes place by characters verbalising their thoughts and actions in a somewhat clumsy way. The quality of the voice acting and production values are superb. I received this for free through Audible's monthly giveaways and at that price point it was very good value.

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