Fractal Noise - Christopher Paolini

Fractal Noise

By Christopher Paolini

  • Release Date: 2023-05-16
  • Genre: Science Fiction
Score: 3.5
3.5
From 116 Ratings
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Description

A new blockbuster science fiction adventure from world-wide phenomenon and #1 New York Times bestseller Christopher Paolini, set in the world of New York Times and USA Today bestseller To Sleep in a Sea of Stars.

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July 25th, 2234: The crew of the Adamura discovers the anomaly.

On the seemingly uninhabited planet Talos VII: a circular pit, 50 kilometers wide.

Its curve not of nature, but design.

Now, a small team must land and journey on foot across the surface to learn who built the hole and why.

But they all carry the burdens of lives carved out on disparate colonies in the cruel cold of space.

For some the mission is the dream of the lifetime, for others a risk not worth taking, and for one it is a desperate attempt to find meaning in an uncaring universe.

Each step they take toward the mysterious abyss is more punishing than the last.

And the ghosts of their past follow.

The Fractalverse Series
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Fractal Noise

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Reviews

  • It’s okay

    3
    By 1mtheDodgedude
    It was a little confusing, it was good but I kinda expected more. It was good though, but it didn’t have any details on Alex’s past. So it was okay

  • Fractal Noise

    2
    By Professor DIY Guy
    Paolini says it himself that this is not a complete novel and I should have taken that more seriously. After reading ALL of his other works, I was unsatisfied with this. I was expecting a lot more, even if not a complete novel. So much more to tell in this universe. I won’t reread this like I do with his other works.

  • Lame

    2
    By Juanloco303
    A bunch of unlikeable people go for a hike, make irrational decisions, act like children and when they finally arrive at the neat thing we’ve been suffering through the whole book to learn about, decide they won’t be able to understand it. The end.

  • Ultimately slow

    3
    By guud stoof
    The book had a really interesting concept, but repetitive and predictable events made this book seem slow and almost disappointing.

  • What a waste

    1
    By BobCollins
    This overpriced novella is even shorter than it appears with all sorts of appendices, photos, THUD THUD THUD ... THUD, and blank pages. The word THUD appears about 500 times, each time in its own paragraph. There is really not much of a plot. The protagonist is grief-stricken and lets us know over and over for about a fifth of the book. Moreover, the protagonist is incompetent and irrational. The other three main characters have no redeeming features. I've enjoyed Paolini's books but this one was awful. Without much plot and without any sort of conclusion. It would not hurt to skip it.

  • No story

    1
    By Dr. By-Tor
    Very well written but ultimately had the same plot as Waiting for Godot. Not much of actual story, pretty predictable, and no idea what it has to do with Sea of Stars.

  • This is a slow read.

    4
    By Mitosku
    I can tell (or hope?) this book is to be a precursor of the fun to come in the next, but the book itself felt, to me, super slow. The entire book centers around one mission, and has a very subdued non-climax as compared to the first book. Basically, this book feels like the first book to an entirely different series loosely set in the same universe. 4 stars because the writing is engaging and I loved getting more of the universe I fell in love with in the first book, but I’m sad it wasn’t faster paced. I’m hoping the next book is a double dose of Acuwake!

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