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In this stunningly original tale, acclaimed author Wil McCarthy imagines a wondrous future in which the secrets of matter have been unlocked and death itself is but a memory. But it is also a future imperiled by a bitter rivalry between two brilliant scientists--one perhaps the greatest genius in the history of humankind; the other, its greatest monster.
The Collapsium
In a world of awesome technology, the deadly substance called collapsium has given humans all the powers and caprices--including immortality--of the gods they once worshiped. Composed of miniature black holes, collapsium allows the instantaneous transmission of information and matter--as well as humans--throughout the solar system. But while its reclusive inventor, Bruno de Towaji, next dreams of probing the farthest reaches of spacetime, Marlon Sykes, his ambitious rival in science--and in love--has built an awesome telecommunications network by constructing a ring of collapsium around the sun. It appears Sykes may be the victor--until a ruthless saboteur attacks the ring and sends it falling toward the sun. Now the two scientists must put aside personal animosity to prevent the destruction of the solar system--and every living thing within it.
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Peter Gratten
reviewed The Collapsium on August 15, 2015 The Collapsium
I loved this book for many reasons. The plot was strong (didn't seem to be going anywhere at first, but my patience was rewarded), the science was "hard" (I love hard scif, especially with explanatory appendices, glossaries, equations and backstory, as this one had!), and the antagonist was particularly interesting. In addition, McCarthy could have gone down some gratuitous paths when the book made a very, very dark turn about half way through, but he chose not to be gratuitous, and that really made me love the book, and it kept the story fresh. I don't usually write re-caps of books in my reviews because there's one right on the book's page, AND almost every other reviewer usually re-caps, but I must say that I love referring to this book as a book about "black hole-facilitated faster-than-light telecomm." Because effectively, that's what it is, and what all of that could actually mean to a society.
My husband found book 4 of this series on a 25¢ shelf at The Strand in Manhattan and picked it out for me based on the cover alone. So glad he judged the book by its cover! After reading some reviews of the series, I picked up books 1 and 2. Collapsium is the first book in the Queendom of Sol books, and now that I've read books 1 and 2, I can't wait to read the rest!
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