THE ALGEBRAIST by IAIN M. BANKS -- An extremely rewarding though very complex read rating a 10 on all the scales of complexity due to writing style, amount of characters to follow, and the number and variation of cultures and species. The fast-paced action takes place on several planets all around the universe, includes one major character with quite a few other important characters … The Algebraist is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, published in print in 2004, it was nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2005. Captivating story and interesting characters, especially the enigmatic Dwellers. My only criticism would be of the dwellers themselves, sometimes Banks' creatures are a little too strange and hard to visualise, which hampers the enjoyment of his novels. The ideas he presents, along with the characters, including his everyman-turned-hero Fassin Taak, are interesting and his prose is enough to get the reader through the slow patches that exist.

The Algebraist has a tendency to ramble and often feels as if Banks could have written a tighter, and shorter, book without losing the ideas or the feel of the book he actually did write.

The Algebraist.
His characters are compelling, and Banks' literary heritage is at work in his plot structures and character development in a way that sets him apart from other more pulpy sci-fi writers. Offres spéciales et liens associés .
Algebraic character is a formal expression attached to a module in representation theory of semisimple Lie algebras that generalizes the character of a finite-dimensional representation and is analogous to the Harish-Chandra character of the representations of semisimple Lie groups. Two minor plotlines--one focusing on Luseferous and another on Fassin's friend Taince, approaching Ulubis in the Mercatoria fleet with bloody vengeance in her heart--are given a great deal of attention and then allowed to fizzle out in an unsatisfactory manner. You get the feeling he wanted to make the most of his talent and passion to describe so beautifully "everything" - to make us hear, smell and feel like we're there - and decided to take the possibilities up to 11. A bit tough to follow in the beginning due to the amount of characters with weird names. The Algebraist suffers from a flabby middle and an underperforming ending. In addition, the narration jumps between characters very abruptly at times, so listeners have to stay on their toes. Produits ... Really interesting characters - very different to anything we've experienced before - and extremely quirky. Excellent characters and world building Another classic from Banks.