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Singularity (Hardcover)

by Bill DeSmedt (Author) "MARIANNA BONAVENTURE EASED through the access door and out onto the roof of 17 State Street ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Per Aspera Press Division of Viridian City Media (1 Sep 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0974573442
  • ISBN-13: 978-0974573441
  • Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16.5 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 447,525 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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""DeSmedt veers an action-packed thriller into perilous realms of black hole physics. The combination of adrenaline and intellect sizzles." --David Brin, Hugo and Nebula Award winner and New York Times "bestselling author


Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sunday, November 7, 2004

Singularity is a slam-bang first novel where the science is as important as the fiction.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, genre-busting debut, 20 Feb 2006
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I don’t usually go out of my way to recommend books. However this debut from author Bill DeSmedt deserves special attention and praise.

My brother had recommended it to me. He’s a physicist in the states, and described it as a “techno-thriller mixed with hard sci-fi”. His colleagues kept talking about finally discovering good fiction that also gets the science right (they even had to look up the forgotten Jackson-Ryan hypothesis that forms part of the plot). That was intriguing enough to give it a try.

It’s as fast paced as a typical Cussler or Clancy work, but with quantum mechanics, microscopic black holes, non-proliferation and Russian history as the underlying subjects – instead of the tired old list of plots you normally get. Plus the writing is much better – and far wittier – than usual, with characters that act and think like people in the real world. In fact, I think I’ve worked with (or hired) people just like Knox and Mycroft in the past.

It’s a bit hard to believe this is Mr. DeSmedt’s first book, and I would have suspected a pseudonym of a more established author if his photo wasn’t on the book jacket. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars well-written sci-fi with strong female lead character, 22 Jun 2008
i'm sick of sci-fi in which women exist - it at all - as arm candy. so full marks to bill de schmedt for writing what is not only a gripping read, with real science, but which also features a strong lead female character.

i can't wait for his next book, dualism, to be published!
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