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Add "The Quantum Thief"? #323

Closed heinrich-ulbricht closed 4 months ago

heinrich-ulbricht commented 1 year ago

I recently read The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi and liked it very much. In terms of category - might be Biopunk? Don't know but worth to add to the overall list.

RichardLitt commented 1 year ago

Hmm. Put it where you think it fits best.

Potherca commented 11 months ago

Because I'd like to improve the odds of this being added (or I might add it myself once I've read it) I looked at what category reputable sources place this book in.

Sadly, most of those sources do not have categories like "Biopunk" or "Techno Thriller" :disappointed:

That aside, looking at Amazon, Goodreads, Google Books, and ISFDB the most common entries (other than "sci-fi") are "Cyberpunk" and "Space Opera".

So at least that narrows things down a bit further.

Expand to see full listing - [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Thief-Jean-Flambeur-Book-ebook/dp/B004ULPVN6) "Best Sellers Rank" > 2,381 in Space Opera > 741 in Galactic Empire > 616 in Cyberpunk - [Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/work/shelves/9886333-the-quantum-thief) "shelves" > science-fiction 1,230 people > sci-fi 1,045 people > cyberpunk 141 people > space-opera 100 people - [Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB)](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1105067) "tags" > science fiction (3) > mars (2) > space opera (2) - Relevant [Google Books](https://www.google.nl/books/edition/The_Quantum_Thief/OXn7KJtG07UC?hl=en&gbpv=0) "subjects" > - Cyberpunk > - Genetic Engineering > - Hard Science Fiction > - Space Exploration
Potherca commented 3 months ago

I'm currently in the process of reading the third book in the series. The "Jean Le Flambeur" universe is reminiscent of some of Neal Stephenson worlds. Falls squarely under Cyberpunk. Might make a write-up and MR when finished reading...