Reviews and Comments

It starts out reading like a palace intrigue story, with many scary and daunting things looming in the future of the protagonist, once he starts making friend and allies, things turn around for him. The last ~100 pages are just pleasant pay off for all the characters introduced and bonds built, which was very pleasant to read. All of it still feels earned as well.

I read this in a day because it just gripped me. Slightly disturbing but in a very strange way.

The narration style takes a little bit to get used to and things are very confusing at first. However, it becomes great quite quickly. There are a lot of short timeskips in the book which mean you only every read some of the most exciting bits of this story.

As any work in short-term futurism, this book was probably much more fascinating closer to its publication date. It does hold up quite well, though.

This is very much out of the range of books I usually read, but I really enjoyed it. I might not be the best judge of the book's qualitative standing in its genre, though.

It might be because I hadn't read anything like it before, but this book was full of fresh ideas and constantly kept me guessing.

The book generally is a fun fictionalization of von Neuman's life and work. However, many small inaccuracies in the explanations of the various technical topics central to the plot ruined the experience for me.

A worthy, impressive continuation of the previous book.

I don't want to spoil anything but please read this book. Combines science fiction, political intrigue and philosophy.

Fascinating work of speculative SciFi. Also a lot of fun because it fundamentally embodies many of the outmoded ideas/ideologies of early-2000s open source enthusiasts. Absolutely worth reading.

This book features a somewhat mysterious story in an intriguing combination of fantasy and post-singularity science fiction. Many concepts are only ever half explained, adding to the intrigue. The prose is quite beautiful, too!

Essentially a collection of slightly interconnected short stories in a rich setting. No story overstays its welcome and every story is in a completely different genre, making for a fun reading experience. This is a classic and absolutely holds up.