The Causal Angel

Name: The Causal Angel
Rating: 4.616438388824463 (73 reviews)

Hannu Rajaniemi

Jul 2014 · Hachette UK

4.6

73 reviews

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336

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With his infectious love of storytelling in all its forms, his rich characterisation and his unrivalled grasp of thrillingly bizarre cutting-edge science Hannu Rajaniemi has swiftly set a new benchmark for SF in the 21st century. And now with his third novel he completes the tale of his gentleman rogue, the many lives and minds of Jean de Flambeur.

Influenced as much by the fin de siecle novels of Maurice leBlanc as he is by the greats of SF Rajaniemi weaves, intricate, warm capers through dazzling science, extraordinary visions of wild future and deep conjecture on the nature of reality and story.

And now we find out what will happen to Jean, his employer Miele, the independently minded ship Perhonnen and the rest of a fractured and diverse humanity flung through the solar system.

Ratings and reviews

4.6

73 reviews

Mikkel Troest

July 20, 2014

If Rajaniemi is an indicator of where modern sci-fi is going, we can all look forward to a couple of extremely interesting decades. Can't wait to see where he'll take us next.

2 people found this review helpful

Shaun Saggers

August 8, 2019

Great continuation of the series. Just when you have gotten your head around the scifi elements of the last novel, he goes and drops you back in the deep end again. Very enjoyable.

Damian O'Connor

July 21, 2014

It's like the sci fi of old, you immerse your self in a possible future, and it was very fun

2 people found this review helpful

About the author

Hannu Rajaniemi was born in Finland. At the age of eight he approached the European Space Agency with a fusion-powered spaceship design, which was received with a polite "thank you" note. Hannu studied mathematics and theoretical physics at University of Oulu and Cambridge and holds a PhD in string theory from the University of Edinburgh. He co-founded a mathematics consultancy whose clients included UK Ministry of Defence and the European Space Agency.

Hannu is the author of four novels including The Quantum Thief (winner of 2012 Tähtivaeltaja Award for the best science fiction novel published in Finland and translated into more than 20 languages). His most recent book is Summerland (June 2018), an alternate history spy thriller in a world where the afterlife is real. His other works include Invisible Planets: Collected Fiction, a short story collection.

Hannu lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a co-founder and CEO of HelixNano, a venture- and Y Combinator backed biotech startup.

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