Year-End-Roundup Love for Implied Spaces
John Joseph Adams | February 2nd 2009 at 12:17 pm
Over at The Green Man Review, they’re naming their Best of 2008 Picks, supplied by writers and critics. Here’s what Tobias S. Buckell said: “My favorite SF novel for 2008 was Walter Jon Williams’ novel Implied Spaces, which one blurb called the first ‘sword and singularity novel.’ It’s a high octane adventure packed with high concept fun, and so far everyone I’ve passed a copy on to has also come back with a thumbs up. There were some publication date issues with its launch that may have led to some missing it, but I’ve been on a mission to spread the word that it was one of the fun books of 2008.”
Andrew Wheeler also had love for Implied Spaces: “Williams does something different each time out, and this time he’s expanded a nearly swords & sorcery novella into a medium-future novel of a society holding itself just this side of the Singularity – and of the forces that want to push it over.”
Omnivoracious has also been naming some best lists, and J.M. McDermott also loved Implied Spaces: “Sartrean philosophy mixed with gonzo pulp adventures in an irresistible mixture of high and low art.”
Books & Authors posts its 2008: The Year in Science Fiction Literature roundup and says: “In Walter Jon Williams’ Implied Spaces, Earth has created thirteen pocket universes, in each of which the laws of nature can be altered. The protagonist is one of the original designers who has achieved a form of immortality because his personality can be stored and downloaded into new bodies. In various guises, he visits these artificial realities until his explorations uncover a mysterious plot that could only be possible if one of the godlike artificial intelligences has been subverted. The novel is particularly effective in mixing elements of fantasy and science fiction together in unusual combinations.”
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