Literary Spotlight #3

Sometimes I have plenty of time for reading, another time it took me several weeks to finish a book. Either way, I always have a current book to read (and myriads of unread at my bookshelf, kindle reader and watchlist). I also think it's worth sharing and dicussing about books, to suggest and attract attention to the personal favorites.
If you have a favorite author or genre you often look/search at the same direction for new books. There is the big chance to overlook really good literatur. Some of the best I read I found accidently or due to a random suggestion from a friend. That's the main reason I'm starting with 'Literary Spotlight', to spend a word or two about the book I recently finished reading. Maybe one of them will be your favorite, too? I'll add some dA art to underline the atmosphere and nature of the book I felt during reading.

Book: Improbable
Author: Adam Fawer
Genre: Thriller/Suspense/Espionage
Publication date: 2006
Pages: 464
Personal rating: 8.4/10


A colleague recommended this book to me. We both have a scientific background. That’s why it was very entertaining for me to read this book It starts in the first chapters with a very brief recapitulation about how stochastics works. Later terms like ‘Schödinger’s Cat’ or ‘Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle’ appear and delighted me. Don’t be afraid! It’s not a schoolbook to teach you math and physics! It’s a very thrilling espionage well mixed with (good and easy explained) scientific background. I enjoyed it a lot.
Amazon summarizes it very well, that's why I’ll skip my own summary this time. Have a look:

Michael Crichton meets A Beautiful Mind in this thinking man's thriller based on probability theory and quantum physics. David Caine's life is spinning out of control. A compulsive gambler who can't work because he's plagued by epileptic seizures, Caine's dropped out of normal society, opting instead to spend his nights trolling Manhattan's underground poker clubs. A mathematical genius, Caine wins more than he loses - that is, until one night when he makes a miscalculation that costs him money he doesn't have - right before experiencing his most powerful seizure ever. So he agrees to try an experimental drug to control the seizures. Shortly after he takes the yellow pill, he finds himself at a diner with friends where he envisions a truck coming through the window and killing them all. Confused and disbelieving, he nonetheless gets his friends out of harms way in the nick of time. From that moment his life is changed. Unsure whether he has gained the gift of second sight or is merely losing his mind, Caine embarks on a journey that stretches beyond the realm of what he has always thought of as possible into world that can only be described as...IMPROBABLE.

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If you have a favorite author or genre you often look/search at the same direction for new books. There is the big chance to overlook really good literatur. Some of the best I read I found accidently or due to a random suggestion from a friend. That's the main reason I'm starting with 'Literary Spotlight', to spend a word or two about the book I recently finished reading. Maybe one of them will be your favorite, too? I'll add some dA art to underline the atmosphere and nature of the book I felt during reading.
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Authors: Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle
Genre: Science fiction, (post- Literary Spotlight #2Sometimes I have plenty of time for reading, another time it took me several weeks to finish a book. Either way, I always have a current book to read (and myriads of unread at my bookshelf, kindle reader and watchlist ). I also think it's worth sharing and dicussing about books, to suggest and attract attention to the personal favorites.
If you have a favorite author or genre you often look/search at the same direction for new books. There is the big chance to overlook really good literatur. Some of the best I read I found accidently or due to a random suggestion from a friend. That's the main reason I'm starting with 'Literary Spotlight', to spend a word or two about the book I recently finished reading. Maybe one of them will be your favorite, too? I'll add some dA art to underline the atmosphere and nature of the book I felt during reading.
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Author: Jerry Yulsman
Genre: Science fiction / Alternate history
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