{"id":1511,"date":"2017-08-15T18:21:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T18:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.naimahassert.com\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2020-08-04T21:56:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T21:56:57","slug":"the-algebraist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prochainelecture.com\/en\/the-algebraist\/","title":{"rendered":"The Algebraist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>My father-in-law, who is a huge sci-fi fan, passed this book on to me because I wanted to escape. I've been working so much lately that I need to clear my head from time to time. He meant well, but he's also very smart and reads books like this constantly. Me...well I'm ashamed to say it, but I didn't understand much of it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I'm going to try hard to summarize the story. My father-in-law approved this version, so it should be passable.<\/p>\n<p>Several million years in the future, several galaxies are interconnected. We can access them via portals that allow us to go even faster than the speed of light and thus save a lot of time traveling. However, there are still holes, and we cannot travel everywhere yet.<\/p>\n<p>In a planet (whose name I don't remember), there is a human, Fassin Taak. One day, a kind of intergalactic committee gives him a mission: to go and find a secret that the Dwellers (another kind of creature) hid thousands of years ago, and that would hold the key to access all the intergalactic portals in the universe. It's not clear if this key really exists, but everyone wants it so badly that a war is brewing. Fassin must therefore act quickly. So he sets off blindly across the universe and has some wonderful adventures.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The snags<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There you go, approximately. It is a priori a rather good story. And as soon as you open the book, you realize that the author can write (very well).<\/p>\n<p>But the problem is that the book is full of invented and\/or very specialized terms. In English, too (which may not have helped me). Another hitch is that the book is dense, and even though it's an action book, it's rather slow. And in those cases, I tend to read without paying attention to the meaning of the words and sentences. I read (aloud) and I like the sound of the words, but keeping track takes concentration, and I don't put in enough effort.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, whole pages go by without me understanding much. Characters appeared and disappeared without me understanding their role. The main person went from one place to another without me seeing the transition. There were explanations I missed, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I was glad it ended.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Honestly, I couldn't tell you if you should read it or not. According to my father-in-law, it is very entertaining and even funny (?). Even I could see that the author has a great imagination and a very nice pen. But if you are like me and tend to read without reading sometimes: bad idea. Take one of the many other books I've read that managed to hook me despite my rambling brain.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Algebraist-Iain-M-Banks\/dp\/1841492299\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1502819712&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+algebraist\"><strong>The Algebraist<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Iain M. Banks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>15,99 $<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mon beau-p\u00e8re, tr\u00e8s fan de science-fiction, m&#8217;a pass\u00e9 ce livre parce que j&#8217;avais envie d&#8217;\u00e9vasion. Je travaille tellement ces temps-ci que j&#8217;ai besoin de me vider la t\u00eate de temps en temps. Il avait une tr\u00e8s bonne intention, mais il est aussi tr\u00e8s intelligent et il lit des livres de ce genre constamment. Moi&#8230; eh bien j&#8217;ai honte de le dire, mais je n&#8217;ai pas compris grand-chose. Je vais tenter p\u00e9niblement de r\u00e9sumer l&#8217;histoire. Mon beau-p\u00e8re a approuv\u00e9 cette version, alors \u00e7a devrait \u00eatre passable. Plusieurs millions d&#8217;ann\u00e9es dans le futur, plusieurs galaxies sont interreli\u00e9es. On peut y acc\u00e9der via des genres de portails qui nous permettent d&#8217;aller encore plus vite que la vitesse de la lumi\u00e8re et donc de sauver un temps fou \u00e0 voyager. Or, il reste encore des trous, et on ne peut pas encore voyager partout. Dans une plan\u00e8te (dont je ne me souviens plus le nom), il y a un humain, Fassin Taak. 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Autre hic : le livre est dense, et m\u00eame si c&#8217;est un livre d&#8217;action, c&#8217;est plut\u00f4t lent. Et dans ces cas-l\u00e0, j&#8217;ai tendance \u00e0 lire sans prendre garde \u00e0 la signification des mots et des phrases. Je lis (\u00e0 voix haute) et j&#8217;aime bien le son des mots, mais garder le fil prend de la concentration, et je ne mets pas assez d&#8217;effort. R\u00e9sultat : des pages enti\u00e8res passent sans que je comprenne grand-chose. Il y a des personnages qui sont apparus et disparus sans que je comprenne leur r\u00f4le. Le personne principal est pass\u00e9 d&#8217;un endroit \u00e0 un autre sans que je voie passer la transition. Il y a des explications que j&#8217;ai manqu\u00e9es, etc. Bref, j&#8217;\u00e9tais contente que \u00e7a finisse. Conclusion Honn\u00eatement, je ne saurais vous dire si vous devriez le lire ou non. Selon mon beau-p\u00e8re, c&#8217;est tr\u00e8s amusant et m\u00eame dr\u00f4le (?). M\u00eame moi j&#8217;ai pu voir que l&#8217;auteur a \u00e9norm\u00e9ment d&#8217;imagination et qu&#8217;il a une tr\u00e8s belle plume. Mais si vous \u00eates comme moi et que vous avez tendance \u00e0 lire sans lire parfois : mauvaise id\u00e9e. Prenez un des nombreux autres livres que j&#8217;ai lus et qui ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 m&#8217;accrocher malgr\u00e9 mon cerveau qui divague. The Algebraist Iain M. 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Un jour, un genre de comit\u00e9 intergalactique lui donne une mission : celle d&#8217;aller trouver un secret que les Dwellers (une autre sorte de cr\u00e9ature) ont cach\u00e9 il y a des mill\u00e9naires, et qui rec\u00e8lerait la cl\u00e9 pour acc\u00e9der \u00e0 tous les portails intergalactiques de l&#8217;univers. On ne sait pas exactement si cette cl\u00e9 existe r\u00e9ellement, mais tout le monde la veut tellement qu&#8217;une guerre se pr\u00e9pare. Fassin doit donc faire vite. Il part donc un peu \u00e0 l&#8217;aveuglette \u00e0 travers l&#8217;univers et vit des aventures merveilleuses. Les hic Voil\u00e0, environ. C&#8217;est a priori une histoire assez bonne. Et d\u00e8s qu&#8217;on ouvre le livre, on s&#8217;aper\u00e7oit que l&#8217;auteur sait (tr\u00e8s bien) \u00e9crire. Mais le hic, c&#8217;est que le livre est bourr\u00e9 de termes invent\u00e9s et\/ou tr\u00e8s pointus. En anglais, en plus (\u00e7a m&#8217;a pas peut-\u00eatre pas aid\u00e9e). 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Un jour, un genre de comit\u00e9 intergalactique lui donne une mission : celle d&#8217;aller trouver un secret que les Dwellers (une autre sorte de cr\u00e9ature) ont cach\u00e9 il y a des mill\u00e9naires, et qui rec\u00e8lerait la cl\u00e9 pour acc\u00e9der \u00e0 tous les portails intergalactiques de l&#8217;univers. On ne sait pas exactement si cette cl\u00e9 existe r\u00e9ellement, mais tout le monde la veut tellement qu&#8217;une guerre se pr\u00e9pare. Fassin doit donc faire vite. Il part donc un peu \u00e0 l&#8217;aveuglette \u00e0 travers l&#8217;univers et vit des aventures merveilleuses. Les hic Voil\u00e0, environ. C&#8217;est a priori une histoire assez bonne. Et d\u00e8s qu&#8217;on ouvre le livre, on s&#8217;aper\u00e7oit que l&#8217;auteur sait (tr\u00e8s bien) \u00e9crire. Mais le hic, c&#8217;est que le livre est bourr\u00e9 de termes invent\u00e9s et\/ou tr\u00e8s pointus. En anglais, en plus (\u00e7a m&#8217;a pas peut-\u00eatre pas aid\u00e9e). Autre hic : le livre est dense, et m\u00eame si c&#8217;est un livre d&#8217;action, c&#8217;est plut\u00f4t lent. Et dans ces cas-l\u00e0, j&#8217;ai tendance \u00e0 lire sans prendre garde \u00e0 la signification des mots et des phrases. Je lis (\u00e0 voix haute) et j&#8217;aime bien le son des mots, mais garder le fil prend de la concentration, et je ne mets pas assez d&#8217;effort. R\u00e9sultat : des pages enti\u00e8res passent sans que je comprenne grand-chose. Il y a des personnages qui sont apparus et disparus sans que je comprenne leur r\u00f4le. Le personne principal est pass\u00e9 d&#8217;un endroit \u00e0 un autre sans que je voie passer la transition. Il y a des explications que j&#8217;ai manqu\u00e9es, etc. Bref, j&#8217;\u00e9tais contente que \u00e7a finisse. Conclusion Honn\u00eatement, je ne saurais vous dire si vous devriez le lire ou non. Selon mon beau-p\u00e8re, c&#8217;est tr\u00e8s amusant et m\u00eame dr\u00f4le (?). M\u00eame moi j&#8217;ai pu voir que l&#8217;auteur a \u00e9norm\u00e9ment d&#8217;imagination et qu&#8217;il a une tr\u00e8s belle plume. Mais si vous \u00eates comme moi et que vous avez tendance \u00e0 lire sans lire parfois : mauvaise id\u00e9e. Prenez un des nombreux autres livres que j&#8217;ai lus et qui ont r\u00e9ussi \u00e0 m&#8217;accrocher malgr\u00e9 mon cerveau qui divague. The Algebraist Iain M. 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