A Quantum Mythology Gavin G Smith 9780575126992 Books
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Praised by Stephen Baxter and Adam Roberts, reviewed ecstatically by SFX magazine, Gavin Smith is one of the brightest stars of space opera. In the far future, many years after the loss of earth, humanity has changed. Strength is the only way to survive. And the most vicious man alive has a new con in mind. . . Here and now, a man with unnatural powers hunts down a killer with impossible abilities. Infused with a barely-understood alien technology, the two are merely pawns in a bigger game. . . A long time ago, the last tribes of Northern Britain face an unimaginable enemy. Demons risen from the sea, absorbing and twisting everything they touch. But there are some among the tribes who have power, who will fight. . . And all of these times are connected. . . Gavin Smith's new epic space opera is a wide-ranging exploration of the past, present, and future of mankind.
A Quantum Mythology Gavin G Smith 9780575126992 Books
If you enjoy the dark and riveting action of Richard K Morgan, the disturbing science of Peter Watts, and the mind-bending quantum universe settings of Hannu Rajaniemi, you've got to read this guy.This particular novel is Smith's most complicated, so be warned. Or maybe it just has so much suspense and action that sometimes you want to keep reading rather than sort out exactly what just happened.
This is the second in what will be a trilogy after The Age of Scorpio. This story continues a thrilling mystery concerning people in three or four (almost) distinct times battling to shape the very existence of the human race. This means you have fantasy (in the past), tech thriller (present), and way out science fiction (future) threads all in one story. It's just brilliant. To make things worse, the writing is superb and the characters - - even the most despicable - - are completely engaging.
If you haven't read Gavin Smith, you are really missing out on some of the smartest and most exciting writing in SF. Start with Veteran.
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A Quantum Mythology Gavin G Smith 9780575126992 Books Reviews
A mostly entertaining continuation of Age of Scorpio. Smith is fond of the writing technique where the author never bothers to explain what's going on, rather you are immediately thrust into the action, and you begin to pick up bits and pieces of history and meaning as you go along. When done correctly, this can be great - see most works by Neal Asher for instance. But in Age of Scorpio and Quantum Mythology, it's simply frustrating. There are huge portions of both books that seem to have zero relevance to any other part of the book. One supposes their interwoven nature will be masterfully revealed in the forthcoming third book, but for the most part, it's an exercise in frustration. I personally found the "ancient Britain" sections in particular to be tedious, and rather than having some significant import to the other timelines described, it felt like the author just wanted to shoehorn in some generic medieval fantasy tale into a sci-fi book. I get that eventually these characters and their actions will be shown to have an impact on the other timelines; but spending so many pages on this boring part of the tale is really unnecessary, and just pads out what otherwise could be a much tighter narrative. The present time and future time stories, though, are interesting and engaging. One has to note there's not a lot of science here; "nanites" are effectively the "magic" of all time lines, and are used to explain away pretty much everything. The fight scenes are intricate and entertaining and well thought-out, but some descriptions of what are basically fistfights go on for pages and pages - longer than in any other book I've read. And lastly, the end of the book is pretty abrupt and offers no resolution to anything that's occurred in this or the previous book, so expect to be frustrated until the third novel is finally released.
All of that being said, this still remains an entertaining book. The writing style (aside from the above quibbles) is engaging, and the action is pretty much non-stop. Definitely worth a read if you enjoyed the first book in the trilogy.
Great follow up to Age of Scorpio. He seems to have gotten even better with this book. Can't wait for the next one!!
In this the second instalment in what I call the Read Space Triology, Smith further explores his wicked universe. Full of morally ambiguous characters, violence, horror, the book spans millennia in 3-4 different timelines in what I can only describe as an excellent written and exciting story that turns everything on its head time after time.
This was in many ways a difficult read. A Quantum Mythology is the second book in a trilogy (?); a big problem for me what that I had read the first book, The Age of Scorpio a while ago and had forgotten a lot. I actually finished this book, went back and read The Age of Scorpio again, and then re-read A Quantum Mythology again. The structure of the books also is challenging as there are three intertwined stories. One story-line is set in ancient Britain about 3000 years ago, and reads like sword and sorcery fantasy. A second story-line is set in our present, while the third story-line is set in the far future and is pure space opera. So far, this sounds pretty routine. However, the portions of The Age of Scorpio set in the present actually take place after the portions of A Quantum Mythology set in "Now". At least some of the same characters are involved in 2 or even all 3 of the story-lines - this still isn't entirely clear even after two fairly long novels.
The far future parts are by far my favorite - I am a sucker for Smith's sort of super high concept space opera and complex characters. The portions set in the present are also clearly science fiction, rather than standard contemporary fiction, and are very good. My only disappointment is with the portions set in ancient Britain, but to be honest, I have never enjoyed fantasy at all, and don't even like science fiction that deals with colonies or societies that have reverted to pre-technology or primitive technology. So I can't really blame Smith for my not liking these parts; I don't know if any writer could really engage my attention in this sub-genre.
Challenges apart, and even though a third of the book is fantasy, I still found the the book to be difficult to put down. Some of the characters are very multidimensional, and there is a good deal of humor and satirical wit throughout the entire book. I really hate having to wait a year or two for the next book; by that time I am sure that I'll have forgotten enough details of the first two books that I will probably have to read them again to follow along.
If you enjoy the dark and riveting action of Richard K Morgan, the disturbing science of Peter Watts, and the mind-bending quantum universe settings of Hannu Rajaniemi, you've got to read this guy.
This particular novel is Smith's most complicated, so be warned. Or maybe it just has so much suspense and action that sometimes you want to keep reading rather than sort out exactly what just happened.
This is the second in what will be a trilogy after The Age of Scorpio. This story continues a thrilling mystery concerning people in three or four (almost) distinct times battling to shape the very existence of the human race. This means you have fantasy (in the past), tech thriller (present), and way out science fiction (future) threads all in one story. It's just brilliant. To make things worse, the writing is superb and the characters - - even the most despicable - - are completely engaging.
If you haven't read Gavin Smith, you are really missing out on some of the smartest and most exciting writing in SF. Start with Veteran.
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