HANNU RAJANIEMI is from Finland and lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he is a director of a think tank providing business services based on advanced math and artificial intelligence. He holds a Ph.D. in string theory and is a member of the same writing group that produced Hal Duncan. He wrote The Quantum Thief in English.
"Spectacularly and convincingly inventive, assured and wholly spellbinding: one of the most impressive debuts in years." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review"A stellar debut." --Publishers Weekly, starred review"Outstanding... A storytelling skill rarely found from even the most experienced authors." --Library Journal, starred review"The best first SF novel I've read in years. Hard to admit, but I think he's better at this stuff than I am." --Charles Stross"Rajaniemi has spectacularly delivered on the promise that this is likely to be the most important SF novel we'll see this year." --Locus"Absolutely incredible... Endlessly inventive and compulsively readable. It's one of the best books of the year." --RT Book Reviews, Top Pick
A master thief, a spaceship pilot, her sentient spaceship, and a beleaguered detective make up the building blocks of this remarkable debut by a talented Finnish master of literary sf on a par with Gene Wolfe and Samuel R. Delaney. (LJ 3/15/11) (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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