Quién sabe, quizás algún día su popularidad resurja y finalmente lleguen a nuestras estanterías.

Como diría Le Flambeur: 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑢𝑡.

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A fiery wink: the black pupil of its gun, flashing. My trigger finger jerks. There are two thunderclaps. And a bullet in my head.

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I stand…with my old self, weighing the gun in my hand. He is holding it too, or a dream reflection of it. It's strange how it always comes down to two men with guns, real or imaginary. Around us, the slow war of the ancient machines goes on.

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There are giants out there. We do not matter. Someone can step on us without noticing. There is no point in making pretty pictures….We are ants.

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As he leaves, he can't help whistling: he has the full shape of the mystery now. He runs a finger along it in his mind, and it makes a clear sound….

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Book cover: “The Quantum Thief” by Hannu Rajaniemi (Gollancz, 2010); audiobook read by Scott Brick (Macmillan, 2011)

Mind-bending SF that readers are left to unpack largely without assistance. Rajaniemi adopts a non-expository, sink-or-swim approach that is more refreshing than frustrating. Brick’s audiobook narration carries a noir-ish detachment that plays to the quasi-virtual setting. #TheQuantumThief