There are some things I think Fractal Noise explores really well. On the surface, this is a book about a ship crew (very different from our familiar Wallfish crew) that finds an anaomaly on a foreign planet and sends a ground crew down to investigate, but at its core it's an exploration of finding meaning as a small speck of dust in a vast universe. However, by the second half of Fractal Noise I was fully interested and invested and at only 256 pages I read it in one sitting. The book throws you into the deep end on emotional baggage to force a connection and start building the main themes of the book quickly, but for whatever reason I just wasn't feeling it. I found the first third or so to be rather slow and I really didn't care for the Main Character for quite some time. It did take me a bit to get into this one. That man is going to get a character from Point A to Point B and tell you all about it, whether it's on dragon-back, through the cosmos, or on foot on a new planet. I don't know what I expected from Fractal Noise, but it wasn't this (which, to be clear, is not a bad thing), but if there's one thing you'll always find familiar ground in in a Christopher Paolini book, it's travel.

But just as with AI art, every artist should be respected the same way, regardless of wether he sells his paintings or stories for millions of dollars or posts them for free on the internet.ģ.75 stars, rounded up to 4 for Goodreads I know you could argue that this is a book by a famous, well know author who can probably deal with making a little less money. And by voting down the book without having read it and by calling on people to pirate this book, you are actively trying to reduce the income of an artist living on his art. Sure, the majority of the money generated by the sale of this book will go to the publishing company, but I am pretty sure that the author will also earn a share of the income. While I understand your argument against AI generated art, I do find it highly unfair to review bomb a book by an author that I am pretty sure had no say in the selection of the cover art work and to, in at least one review bomb here, even actively call on people to pirate this book online.ĭon't get me wrong, I fully support the protest against AI generated art, but do you really think that the correct response to corporations disrespecting and pirating art and artists is to disrespect or even pirate the work of other artists? Please stop review bombing this book without having read it.

Eragon by Christopher Paolini