Light Chaser: Peter F. Hamilton

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The story starts at the end (often used feature in modern SF, which I know annoys some readers) with a couple in a spaceship, Amahle and Carloman, who prepared to die, even if the man says “There is nothing to fear. Trust me, I remember all my deaths.” The ship hits a star, but before vaporizing, it left a ‘strangelet’ that turns the star supernova, annihilating all around it. I loved the different worlds Hamilton and Powell came up with. In this story, Amahle only visits a handful, but each was completely different. Like Winterspite, a medieval world without modern conveniences, or Vespaer, a huge planet with only a thin strip of mountainous land dividing two oceans. When she arrives in each world, she’s treated like a queen, because everyone wants the favor of the Light Chaser and hopes they’ll be chosen to wear a memory collar. The story follows one woman's unraveling of an epic and perplexing riddle that calls into question the entire nature of our reality and human civilization. It borrows elements from Alastair Reynolds' House of Suns as well as Arkady Martine's A Memory Called Empire. The latter, in particular the concept of past lives memory stored in the form of imago machines, plays a key role, as does the theme of memory as identity. The authors make clever use of these stored memories sourced from a myriad of places and people across the galaxy to piece together the riddle that lies at the heart of the story. Si esperas un mix de los grandes éxitos de Hamilton, en cierto sentido, obtienes lo que pagas. Su clásico world building basado en un par de innovaciones tecnológicas está en este libro. Desearía que hubiera un poco más de variedad y un poco más desarrollo en alguno de los escenarios, pero las contribuciones de Hamilton están a la vista y sirven bien a la historia. Powell, por otro lado, parece estar en el asiento del conductor para el personaje y la historia. Hay un ritmo frenético y deliberado en la historia que se centra en el desarrollo y la complicidad de Amahle dentro del sistema en el que participa. Es una historia más centrada en los personajes, la construcción del mundo sirve como impulso en lugar de ser el foco principal. La trama y la construcción del mundo se potencian mutuamente.

This was a great, immersive sci-fi novella, focusing on futuristic AI and technology with the ability to halt the evolution and societal growth of all species across the universe. I really enjoyed Amahle's quest for truth and that the reader was granted permission to journey with her across the realistic timeline of the years it took for her to gain it. There was a sweet love story concurrently developing although it was never allowed to overtake the main focus, which I also appreciated. Este libro es un space opera de ciencia ficción dura que usa el misterio para empujar la trama, pero que tiene mucho más. A mí me ha encantado por ser todo un canto a la subversión y por su especulación social y política. Always has the dream of conducting a wedding of a century? Or jealous of other people getting married, and wanna stir up some troubles on others wedding? We have various wedding-related wedding events to create more fun!Amahle ha vivido durante miles de años con solo la compaña de su IA a bordo y de las relaciones pasajeras con las personas que visita en cada mundo. Vive una vida segura y predecible, visitando los mismos planetas una y otra vez. Los surcaluz no son más que humanos modificados para vivir siglos y milenios, que viajan por las estrellas de planeta en planeta en un camino cíclico que siempre les lleva a visitar los mismos mundos. La sensación de que los días se confunden y se hacen interminables es palpable en como Light Chaser esta escrito. Los planetas se asemejan unos con otros, los días de Amhale parecen similares entre si y todo la acción da la impresión de ocurrir en apenas un instante, aunque pasen milenios.

All 6 main characters are original voice and they are all good, but especially LYX....This rare in C drama.... In addition, other characters with their own demons to face, and romance between different couples added flavor to the story. Romance-wise, there was the calm, restrained and mature love between the main leads. The comfortable steady kind of relationship that I appreciated. There was the second couple that delighted many with how they overcome challenges to stay together and a third couple who did nothing but irritated me with their rash, impulsive, entitled spoilt love. That said, there were viewers who liked them too. The Wings in the game are both decorative and functional. With them, you can fly to anywhere you want! En «Light Chaser» vamos a acompañar a Amahle, una surcaluz, en parte de su recorrido cíclico por los planetas y estaciones del Dominio a recoger los collares de memoria con los que comercia, unos objetos que almacenan los recuerdos de la vida de decenas de generaciones. En uno de ellos encontrará un mensaje que tambaleará su monótona y milenaria vida. Acting-wise, I have nothing but praises for the leads. Both Luo Yun Xi and Janice Wu impressed with their quiet intensity and ability to emote so much with the smallest expressions. I first watched them together in “My Sunshine” and even then, they had great chemistry. They have certainly earned their reputations as excellent actors and in this show, they truly become their characters. Luo Yun Xi is amazing and I still cannot get over the fact that he did almost all of his stunts. Dramas come and dramas go but his performance was above and beyond.

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Our main gal Amahle is a Light Chaser, and no bro, it’s not what you drink after a tequila shot. Via genetic modifications and time dilation she is as close to as an immortal as you can get. She travels on a long circuit through the galaxy like a comet, making millennial pitstops on different worlds to trade for memory collars worn by the inhabitants. To bear these collars is a huge honour and they are passed down through the generations collecting centuries of memories of all those who wear it. The saved memories serve as entertainment for the advanced Glisten civilization. People there want to experience life as a king on a medieval planet or as an augmented mecha-spider-dude on a mining colony. It’s the Real Housewives or Siesta Key for this futuristic civilization. Una de las frases que más me llamaban la atención de Light Chaser era que es una historia de amor cósmica a través del espacio y el tiempo. Y en realidad, así lo es. Nadie miente en este caso. Quizá no llegue a las cotas de belleza y perfección que nos dieron Así se pierde la guerra del tiempo, de Amal El-Mothar y Max Gladstone, pero si que es una ópera espacial que abarca galaxias enteras cuyo componente emocional es una historia de amor cósmico. Sin embargo, y quizá es lo que más me gusta de Light Chaser, es que dicha historia de amor es poco convencional. Aunque ambos protagonistas pasan separados el 90% de la historia, es emocionante ver como el romance se va cociendo a fuego lento con cada grabación encontrada. Un elemento emocional que prevalece, explorando la naturaleza de la memoria y su relación con la identidad y la personalidad de cada uno, mientras insinúa un universo vasto e inexplorado al que ojalá volvamos alguna vez. Log in now to become VIP 6 and reach VIP 7 in 7 days. Free rewards like cool costumes, S Class Minions, and Transmo. Mounts are awaiting. What’s more, we have a series of special events lined up for you! Don’t miss out on the fun!

Light Chaser fue más divertido de lo que esperaba. Esperaba ver las fortalezas y debilidades típicas de sus otros trabajos.Hamilton es muy bueno con el World Building pero a veces hace descripciones muy extensas. Su Estrella de Pandora son unas 800 páginas. Sin embargo, este libro hace algo extraño. Comienza al final de la historia. Para los lectores de Hamilton, esto definitivamente está fuera de lugar, pero fue un cambio bienvenido en la fórmula típica. Nunca he leído uno de los libros de Powell, así que no puedo decir si esta es su influencia o una nueva dirección de Hamilton, pero esto despertó mi interés.. In the past 3 years, we have managed to create a sprawling and exciting open world where you lead a romantic life and build a warm home with your other half, where you shoulder missions and charge into frenetic battles with your comrades. Be it social interaction or hardcore battles, everyone can find their very own world in Light Chaser!Their third feature film, Cats and Peachtopia, was released in China on April 5, 2018. In the United States, Viva Pictures released the movie as "Cats" on DirecTV Pay-per-view in late 2019, and distributed the movie theatrically on January 24, 2020. [7] This is an SF novella eligible for 2021 awards, written by British authors Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell. It is already selected for BSFA longlist, and maybe some Hugo voters will also support it. Both of these are Hard SF writers who no doubt keep up to date with what is happening on the distant frontiers of science. ‘Light Chaser’ introduces us to the concept of the ‘strangelet’, a hypothetical particle consisting of a bound state of roughly equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks. (It functions as a kind of fanciful widget in the novella.) Centered around civilians who were part of a volunteer rescue squad, Light Chaser Rescue focused on character depth instead of likability, which made it much more interesting for me.

Can’t believe it’s been 3 years already and we are so grateful to be sharing this adventure with you all! In return for your unremitting support, we will be giving away fabulous rewards in the coming new server~ The folklore behind White Snake is a legendary love story [the “Legend of White Snake”] known in Chinese households for hundreds of years,” Zhao shares. “But in the original story, the question is, why did White Snake love Xu Xian so much when he obviously turned out not worthy of her love? From this mystery, we created our film, White Snake, a prequel set 500 years before the original.” The company has been focusing on animation production technology since its establishment, and is building its own render farm and developing technology. [13] In addition, the software has introduced Maya, Houdini, ZBrush, Arnold, etc. [14] Filmography [ edit ] Title Light Chaser spent three years making the film, half in development and pre-production. “Since White Snake is a traditional Chinese story, we aimed to embrace and reflect on classical Chinese aesthetics in art design and animation,” Zhao describes. “We also embedded some contemporary elements, for example, in character design, to make the film more appealing to young audiences.” With the studio’s fourth film an unqualified success, Zhao notes that more than just diligence and patience were needed to make a good film. “Light Chaser’s first three films mainly targeted the family audience,” the director contends. “ White Snake is our first film that targets a young adult audience. Our first three films helped us build a great team and a solid production pipeline. But even more importantly, a key lesson we learned making those movies is how to choose what kind of story we should develop. Before starting White Snake, we were very clear about our strategy that the film will have strong emotions and appeal mainly to a young adult audience.”

Creatively, capturing and transferring traditional Chinese artistic styles into CG animation proved especially challenging for Zhao’s team. According to the director, “This is a pioneering project, so we put tremendous effort into both set design – like the Chinese-painting-like mountains and rivers - and character design. That includes, for example, the multiple-layer traditional Chinese clothes, ancient young ladies’ hair styles and movements.” Because the story is so short, I don’t want to ruin it for you by saying too much, so I’m keeping this review short. But I did love the way everything is resolved at the end. Amahle discovers through the memories of Carloman just what needs to be done to fix the universe, and I loved watching her carry out her plan. The final chapter gave me chills and put a big smile on my face. I recommend this delightful novella to anyone who loves a perfectly crafted mystery/adventure with interesting characters and worldbuilding.