Started: 7/3/2013
Completed: 7/8/2013
Recommendation: Fun read.
Recommended By: Nobody
Review:
Theories of Flight has Sam busy saving the world again. You really, really will need to suspend your disbelief on how much damage the human body can sustain and continue to function. In this book Sam continues to collect human detritus in the whirlwind of his activities as he furthers his studies on the Quantum Theory of Everything coupled with bringing along a new AI. The action is quick (impossibly so) but the story is carefully thought out with seemingly meaningless encounters continuing to have a powerful influence on the actions and motivations of the main character. The surrounding cast of characters start to become a fawning lot with only one or two characters who seem to be able to survive the maelstrom of events without becoming subsumed into Sam's super ego. The net effect of this tightly knit story, however, is breathtaking and while one has to believe that there is only so much a swearing theoretical physicist can do, Sam continues to surprise with ingenuity and always being a step ahead. If you are Russian, I'm fairly certain that the wild collection of swearing is likely to burn your ears, but for a non-Russian reader, well, you can assign meaning to the expletives as you see fit and meet your own level of internal comfort.
Theories of Flight has Sam busy saving the world again. You really, really will need to suspend your disbelief on how much damage the human body can sustain and continue to function. In this book Sam continues to collect human detritus in the whirlwind of his activities as he furthers his studies on the Quantum Theory of Everything coupled with bringing along a new AI. The action is quick (impossibly so) but the story is carefully thought out with seemingly meaningless encounters continuing to have a powerful influence on the actions and motivations of the main character. The surrounding cast of characters start to become a fawning lot with only one or two characters who seem to be able to survive the maelstrom of events without becoming subsumed into Sam's super ego. The net effect of this tightly knit story, however, is breathtaking and while one has to believe that there is only so much a swearing theoretical physicist can do, Sam continues to surprise with ingenuity and always being a step ahead. If you are Russian, I'm fairly certain that the wild collection of swearing is likely to burn your ears, but for a non-Russian reader, well, you can assign meaning to the expletives as you see fit and meet your own level of internal comfort.
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