![]() The Quantum Thief is certainly a good sf novel, and for a debut novel, it’s very polished. The answer, of course, is both yes and no. So… is The Quantum Thief as good as Gollancz claim? Was it the best sf debut novel of 2010? Was it one of the best sf novels of 2010? ![]() The actual quality of the novel in question often seems immaterial – in fact, there are frequently so many opinions out there, in magazines and on the Internet, declaiming greatness that it’s hard not to feel you should be just as laudatory. The problem with hype is that it sets up expectations that are rarely met. However, when and where Spanton will chow down on some headgear has yet to be revealed. Even the publisher was convinced of its greatness: in the introduction to the ARC, Simon Spanton, Deputy Publishing Director at Gollancz, declared that if “this novel isn’t at least shortlisted for the Clarke I’ll eat someone else’s hat”. As a result, expectations for Rajaniemi’s debut novel were high. Rajaniemi’s few prior fiction sales had garnered much praise – three stories published in English since 2003, two of which were picked by Gardner Dozois for his The Best Science Fiction of the Year anthologies. Almost a year before it appeared, it was being said Gollancz had bought it based solely on a synopsis and a single chapter. The science fiction debut of 2010 was apparently Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Quantum Thief. ![]()
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