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The Collapsium (Hardcover)
by Wil Mccarthy (Author)
4.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (28 Sep 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575068922
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575068926
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,354,083 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A far future hard SF epic, The Collapsium takes quantum physics forward into a gloriously realised future where a new imperium based on Earth is built on the dream of collapsium - a building material made from black holes. It is a dream that may soon be about to end as the collapsium ring that circles the sun is in danger of collapsing into it sparking an apocalyptic chain reaction. What follows is a remarkable fusion of hard science, extravagant imagination and baroque court politics. The Collapsim marks out Wil McCarthy as one of the brightest of the new generation of SF talents.

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A far future hard SF epic, The Collapsium takes quantum physics forward into a gloriously realised future where a new imperium based on Earth is built on the dream of collapsium - a building material made from black holes. It is a dream that may soon be about to end as the collapsium ring that circles the sun is in danger of collapsing into it sparking an apocalyptic chain reaction. What follows is a remarkable fusion of hard science, extravagant imagination and baroque court politics. The Collapsim marks out Wil McCarthy as one of the brightest of the new generation of SF talents.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wil is the new Larry Niven, 5 April 2002
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Beautifully written, this. Particularly in the first half; there are passages so well crafted they leave the reader grinning broadly: Mr McCarthy has the stylistic flair and punchy style of Larry Niven.

His future-building is thorough and believable. The picture he paints of the solar system is vivid and realistic, fanciful yet plausible, and you'll feel entirely at home within it. Wil's characters deftly flit around this accomplished environment and really show you the sights.

The characters are well crafted and charismatic with nary a cliche in sight. As for the plot, it's ambitious, original, imaginative, well thought out, well paced and entirely satisfying.

In fact the only thing that let this book down was a tendency towards the end to rely too much on real physics, real science, real mathematics: to the point where the impact of the plot's climax was eclipsed somewhat by Wil's desire to explain the why's and how's of this new branch of science he's dreamt up. Wil clearly knows his stuff; ironically, it's his desire to share so much of the detail that prevents this novel from being truly perfect.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A different direction from Bloom, but you can't put it down., 26 April 2001
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A good book with some facinating concepts, not too heavy on the 'hard' science and hard to put down.
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