false <![CDATA[Implied Spaces]]> 2059573 2 Aristide, a semi-retired computer scientist turned swordsman, is a scholar of the implied spaces, seeking meaning amid the accidents of architecture in a universe where reality itself has been sculpted and designed by superhuman machine intelligence. While exploring the pre-technological world Midgarth, one of four dozen pocket universes created within a series of vast, orbital matrioshka computer arrays, Aristide uncovers a fiendish plot threatening to set off a nightmare scenario, perhaps even bringing about the ultimate Existential Crisis: the end of civilization itself. Traveling the pocket universes with his wormhole-edged sword Tecmesssa in hand and talking cat Bitsy, avatar of the planet-sized computer Endora, at his side, Aristide must find a way to save the multiverse from subversion, sabotage, and certain destruction. From Walter Jon Williams, the celebrated and influential author of Hardwired, Voice of the Whirlwind, and Angel Station, comes Implied Spaces, a new novel of post-singularity action, pyrotechnics, and intrigue. 2064756 11 6 2008 Implied Spaces total:99|5:12|4:38|3:38|2:6|1:5| 99 343 183 28 4 2 false false Wed Jul 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 12:17:53 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 13:21:19 -0700 2008 Implied Spaces with the idea of reading a bit before you sleep, don't. Don't even pick it up. Because when the dawn's early light starts peeking through your window, you'll still be reading it.

Background: In physics, string and 'brane theories i...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 02:58:05 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 12 06:22:14 -0700 2009
This book is an oddly solipsistic bit of fun. It's hard to imagine that the main character finds himself in the situations he does...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 16:34:11 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 16:39:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 08:35:38 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 08:45:04 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 01:12:04 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 01:26:14 -0700 2009
This is a fast reading science fantasy. I used the term “science fantasy” as while ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:48:41 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 11:52:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 19:19:46 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 19:24:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 16 09:08:41 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 09:23:23 -0700 2009
"I believe it is customary, before asking the name of a stranger, to introduced oneself, and in such a case as this to state clearly the right by which one asks."

A puzzle...
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Implied Spaces is a prime exampl...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 23:43:30 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 23:58:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 15:08:50 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 21 12:07:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jun 14 22:31:01 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 06:16:12 -0700 2008 Superb adventure sf in a post-singular world where 11 huge AI's orbiting the Sun and kept on a leash by the humans using supposedly unbreakable "Asimovian protocols" use their extraordinary computing and energy power to create pocket universes, that humans - well they indulge their ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 03:35:47 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 03:52:41 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:04:29 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 03 12:06:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 15:14:53 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 15:16:48 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 10:11:13 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 10:13:26 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 31 05:14:30 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 05:17:38 -0800 2009
Now, that's not bad. Zelazny was a fantastic writer and his formula of flawed but masterful man with secret knowledge worked well for him - and for Williams.]]> 1 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 02 09:57:35 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 17 07:48:50 -0700 2009
My tw...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Feb 27 11:37:33 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 11:37:46 -0800 2009 Full review at my blog!
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