Excellent heist book

A wonderful multilayered adventure with little to no exposition in the best of ways. Really recommended for any sci-fi lovers.

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Great narration and production!

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)

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Narration-style enhances this story's 'otherness'

Where does The Quantum Thief rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I've listened to a couple of hundred audiobooks so far, and this one easily falls into my favourite top ten percent.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Quantum Thief?

With an author so conversant with string theory it's hardly surprising that The Quantum Thief presents a series of memorable moments, each building on the other until a satisfyingly symmetrical conclusion is reached

What about Rupert Degas’s performance did you like?

Presenting Jean le Flambeur with a supercilious and hyper-intelligent persona, Degas's performance reflects the 'otherness' of Jean le Flambeur's entire existence, thereby enhancing the story itself

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Reflecting the trickiness of humankind's susceptibility to game theory, love and romance, this scientifically satisfying story has post-human Jean le Flambeur co-opted into chasing memories he has deliberately hidden himself

Any additional comments?

A hard sci-fi story that has twists within twists, a warped view of romance, satisfyingly consistently believable theoretical background and a protagonist battling against near-godlike post-humans, the strongest of which is (or was) himself.

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Odd on a couple of levels, but turned out OK

2 types of oddness to the book.

1st is the strange words and names thrown at you early on. You eventually get used to it all and it's OK.

2nd is the narration, gain is seems strange at first, but you get used to it - In the end I think I like the effects used on voices (although it was a bit off putting at first) and I'm still not sure about the 'jingle' between chapters...

At the end of the day, there is a good story in there, but I feel it was a little lost due to the odd nouns - (was the book translated to English?). It would get 4 stars if I didn't struggle at times.

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Great ideas; no characters ...

This is a story full of ideas and brilliantly imagined technologies but unfortunately the characters lacked life, and their earnest humourlessness left me feeling irritated that their adventures were getting in the way of the view. And, though the audiobook was excellently narrated and produced, it couldn't compensate for this lack of humanity at the heart of the story.

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Complex, interesting story excellently narrated

This is probably one of the best audio books I've listened to. The story is complex and we'll told. The narration is the truely excellent.
Its a real shame the other two books in the series haven't received audiobook adaptations.

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Great audiobook... but when will you bother with the rest of the series?

A riveting listen, one I'd highly recommend to SF fans in particular. Except that this is only start- there's two more books in the whole tale which, although they've now been published and available in print for some time, Audible are inexplicably not converting to Audio books. Any chance fans (like myself) can "turn up the heat" on these guys and see if stuff happens? It would be great to listen to the whole series dealt with in the same high standards as this first book.

So it's really a very enjoyable listen, but I'd add the proviso that parts two and three have still not appeared.

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Brilliant but confusing

The world-building here is magnificent. The author very obviously has a rare, but potent combination of a very sharply scientific mind and a powerful imagination. The characters are great and the audiobook performance is excellent, despite the sometimes the challenging prose. That said, this book is dense and confusing, and makes no attempt to hold your hand and it leads you through it's labyrinth. It is surely meant to be confusing. I'm certainly someone that enjoys being lost in strange, immersive alien cultures. But it's also second-order confusing - I found it difficult to keep tabs on what I was meant to be confused about (because it hadn't been revealed yet) and what I was confused about because I'd missed something important during a momentary lapse of concentration. As a result, I spent so long thinking I'd missed something important when I hadn't that I later failed to spot when I had.

I would definitely recommend this book. I'm going to give this another listen or a read at some point, because I suspect it may be a masterpiece, and I really think it deserves more appreciation than I can currently give it. Just be prepared to work for it!

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

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.

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totally transporting

beautiful read. read it for the second time. the narration style different to others, but got used to it quickly. very well narrated with different accents.

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