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Reddit mentions of The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur)
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Reddit mentions: 7
We found 7 Reddit mentions of The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur). Here are the top ones.
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Height | 9.42 Inches |
Length | 6.49 Inches |
Number of items | 1 |
Release date | May 2011 |
Weight | 1.05 Pounds |
Width | 1.15 Inches |
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The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi and The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi are both amazing, deep, engrossing books with worlds of their own. I cannot recommend them enough.
Also, China Mieville's books are pretty awesome, though more urban fantasy than SciFi. Still worth a read.
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Hannu Rajaniemi's The Quantum Thief.
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the ability to discriminate which minds get to see your mind. The Quantum Thief is set is an incredibly bizarre post-human far-future solar system...I can't even adequately describe it. I'm currently half-way through the book and if anyone has even the slightest interest in futurism, transhumanism, and science-fiction in general, then this is one of the best offerings right now.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quantum-Thief-Hannu-Rajaniemi/dp/0765329492?tag=duckduckgo-d-20
As a serious answer:
"Yes, but....." It’s already possible to integrate neural cells to electronics:
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20091201/innovation-giving-sight-to-the-blind.html
but broadcasting thoughts would take more work. We don’t fully understand what makes up a specific “thought” yet, and once we do, we will have to come up with a method of transmission and playback, since the brain doesn’t communicate in something like TCP/IP.
Probably an early adaptation of the concept would look like what is done in Strange Days:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114558/
Which is a fantastic (if rather kinky) movie based around the ability to record and play back experiences.
If you want some really good far-future concepts around human/computer interface, take a look at "The Quantum Thief” by “Hannu OhJesusI’mNotGoingToTryAndPronounceThatLastName.”
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quantum-Thief-Hannu-Rajaniemi/dp/0765329492
He’s going some amazing concepts around both interface and what exactly is “self”.
(please forgive typos…. It’s late)