Pushing Ice

Alastair Reynolds appears to be a fairly read author here based on the availability of his bibliography in the local libraries. And now looking at how many of his novels have been translated into Finnish -- it's about all of them! I thought that maybe I too should read more of his works (in addition to House of Suns) and picked off another of his standalone novels, Pushing Ice, which I read in English. I realized that Reynolds (being Welsh) writes in British English when a spacesuit's "torch" was used to light the way.

The Quantum Thief

In a chase for science fiction literature similar to the greatness of Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy, Hannu Rajaniemi was one of the authors I have seen being recommended. I don't remember if that recommendation was in relation to hard scifi -- if so, I was mislead. I could have possibly made that assumption myself to based on Rajaniemi's background in math and physics. I wouldn't classify The Quantum Thief as hard scifi: the technology in its sufficiently advanced to be indistinguishable from magic, too far on the hypothetical spectrum.

Tomb Raider: Anniversary

Tomb Raider: Anniversary is a remake of the original, a decade older Tomb Raider (1996). Essentially, Anniversary recreates the original in a newer engine with expanded environments and tells its story in a more comprehensible manner that was also altered to fit the following events of Tomb Raider: Legend. In Anniversary, Lara is hired by a rich businesswoman Jacqueline Natla to find an artifact called Scion of Atlantis.

Tomb Raider: Legend

The classic Tomb Raider games made by Core Design between 1996 and 2003 are too old for me to play now. They look terribly blocky and are no doubt extremely clunky to play: unapproachable for someone who didn't experience them back in the day. But I was interested to play the subsequent Legend trilogy (2006 -- 2008) which was developed the same Crystal Dynamics as most of the newest reboot ones.