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Paradox (The Nulapeiron Sequence #1)
by
John Meaney
The Barnes & Noble Review
Paradox, the first installment of British author John Meaney's Nulapeiron Sequence trilogy, is a cerebral science fiction thriller of the highest order. In a subterranean world where an elite few rule over an oppressed and often brutalized populace, can one impoverished young man topple the entire system -- and attain revenge -- with just his i...more
Paradox, the first installment of British author John Meaney's Nulapeiron Sequence trilogy, is a cerebral science fiction thriller of the highest order. In a subterranean world where an elite few rule over an oppressed and often brutalized populace, can one impoverished young man topple the entire system -- and attain revenge -- with just his i...more
Paperback, 492 pages
Published
May 2nd 2006
by Pyr
(first published March 5th 2001)
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John Meaney is described as a British science fiction writer, but his name seems to be of Irish origin, and this book definitely has an Irish flavor, even though it's set over a thousand years into the future when races and ethnic groups are likely to be far more mixed than they are now. This only bothers me because the Irish have way too many stereotypes attached to them. I've only just begun reading this and I'm hoping it doesn't go that way. It definitely has too many sci-fi stereotypes attac...more
для меня, не сидящего в фантастических произведениях денно и нощно, этот роман оказался совершенной неожиданностью как в словесном решении, так и в сюжетном. когда-то был роман тимоти зана (название вылетело из головы), в котором движение сюжета осуществлялось по воображаемой деструктивной доктрине как соперничество нескольких группировок персонажей, в результате чего в качестве решения предлагался парадоксальный выход, противоречащий всем законам логики. роман джона райта «золотой век» представ...more
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Gave up on this one fairly early- it's possible I didn't give it enough of a chance. The first 30 or 40 pages never seem to come together in one narrative. The narrator's the same, but each event described is totally isolated and out of context with any other event. There's an Oracle, being transported randomly through the street. It seems like Oracles may be a bad thing but we don't know why. We spend a lot of time in a market square, but it's unclear if the merchants or the shoppers are poor,...more
Again Meany excels in creating new worlds with amazing and perplexing technology and the culture that results. Technically challenging to read, he creates a unique science which is a central theme in this series. In Paradox, the main character is a young man who's incredible life takes him from the lowest class strata to the highest and back. Meany highlights the class divisions and the impacts that the highly stratified world has on individuals and relationships.
My only complaint is that Meany...more
My only complaint is that Meany...more
(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com:]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.)
So what do you think -- is it possible to adequately analyze a sprawling 1,500-page science-fiction epic in a single thousand-word essay? Because that's exactly what I'll be trying to do today, after recently finishing the massive three-book "Nulapeiron Sequence" from author John Meaney, yet another...more
So what do you think -- is it possible to adequately analyze a sprawling 1,500-page science-fiction epic in a single thousand-word essay? Because that's exactly what I'll be trying to do today, after recently finishing the massive three-book "Nulapeiron Sequence" from author John Meaney, yet another...more
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awesome book, that blends some hard science in an epic storytelling style, including character development .. was hard for me to follow through at times (context flipping)
The writing was engrossing, the ideas solid and well fleshed out, but the end of the book just killed me. What was the point of it all, really? Ugh.
has everything nerds love: orphan protagonist, karate, techno-magic, grad level physics. rarely boring.
This was an amazing book. Full of ideas about cosmology, the meaning of time, destiny and predestination, logic, revolution, betrayal, love, martial arts, poetry, the world of Nulapeiron and it's strange social structure is detailed as the story of Tom Corcorigan's rise (literally) through the social strata is told. There is a blending of ideas and action that definitely works and leaves you wanting more; luckily there is.
Excellent start to a series!
This book was intriguing, but it had too many intricate details of the world Nulapeiron and how it worked - especially the mathematics relating to mu-space. Some of the details were very cool though, such as the way the world was structured in underground levels. Also, the story of the Pilots didn't fit in at all. I anticipate that the next two books will explain that part, as well as continuing the story of the one-armed hero Tom. I
it is hard to follow with the words and terms.but is a good read.
Feb 16, 2008
Colin
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Recommends it for:
people who like big, fast-paced space opera
Shelves:
speculative-fiction
While it's not without it's flaws, it's a good read for people who like big, fast-paced space opera. For a full review, see here on Suite101.
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