Деннис Тейлор, «Небесная Река».
Мне прям несколько человек написали, что читают книги по моим рекомендациям, и им нравится. Очень рад, что эта часть моего бложека оказывается полезной. В числе прочего читатели положительно отзывались о «Вселенной Бобов».
Некоторое время назад на русском вышла четвёртая книга — «Небесная Река». По краткому описанию кажется, будто бы это какой-то спин-офф, но на самом деле нет. Это буквально прямое продолжение, которое начинается после событий третьей части, с теми же героями, но чуть-чуть новой проблематикой. Напомню, что это серия романов о том, как разум главного героя в будущем загрузили в космический зонд и дали ему способность создавать из материи любые конструкции, в том числе свои копии.
Вроде бы ничего принципиально нового. Как и предыдущие части, книга скорее развлекательная, чем заставляющая о чём-то серьёзно задумываться. Тем не менее, прочитал с большим удовольствием. События вполне себе захватывают, и повествование стало менее «рваным» — вместо десятков параллельных историй мы получили две, которые в конце сходятся.
Глубже затронута проблема согласия внутри общества клонированных разумов. У автора есть понятие «репликативный дрейф», которое отвечает за то, что копии Изначального Боба приобретают какие-то изменённые черты. И чем дальше идёт цепочка копирований, тем больше расхождение. В какой-то момент расхождение становится так велико, что вызывает очень серьёзные конфликты. Ещё мне понравилась попытка вписать в этот концепт идею души и уникальности сознания.
В остальном, узнал, например, новую мегаструктуру, о которой раньше не слышал. О Сфере Дайсона и Кольце Нивена слышал (Нивена даже читал, и вам рекомендовал). О Диске Алдерсона тоже знаю. А тут у автора Топополис (Topopolis) — спирально-циллиндрическая конструкция вокруг звезды.
Короче, хороший развлекательно-приключенческий сай-фай с гиковыми отсылками. Если зашли предыдущие книги, то и эта зайдёт.
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BlackRock, Janus Henderson tokenized funds get instant redemptions
A new liquidity network backed by firms including BlackRock (BLK) and Janus Henderson (JHG) is aiming to make the $15 billion tokenized Treasury fund market function better than their traditional counterparts.
Grove, a blockchain-based credit infrastructure specialist, unveiled Thursday a facility designed to provide instant stablecoin liquidity for investors exiting tokenized real-world asset funds.…
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Did Claude just ‘crack’ a bitcoin wallet? AI tool helps find 5 BTC
A viral X post is claiming Claude ‘cracked’ a forgotten bitcoin wallet to recover 5 BTC from a user’s computer.
But don’t get caught in the hype as that is not what happened. Anthropic’s AI simply helped the owner search their own computer for an old wallet file, which was then decrypted with a…
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Joe Lubin’s Consensys has delayed its potential IPO until fall
Consensys, the Ethereum development firm led by Joe Lubin, has pushed back its potential U.S. public offering until fall at the earliest due to poor market conditions, according to two people familiar with the situation.
The MetaMask wallet builder had reportedly engaged bankers from JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs last year to lead the process.…
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Hotter-than-expected inflation data knocks BTC below $80,000
U.S. producer prices for April came in far hotter than expected on Wednesday, complicating the Federal Reserve’s path forward to ease monetary policy later this year.
The April Producer Price Index rose 1.4% month-over-month, nearly triple economists’ expectations for a 0.5% increase. Annual producer inflation accelerated to 6%, while core PPI excluding food and…
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Bitcoin back above $81,000 after hot CPI print, BNB, DOGE lead majors
Bitcoin BTC$80,621.04 shrugged off the inflation scare almost as quickly as the print landed.
The largest cryptocurrency dropped to $79,879 in late U.S. hours Tuesday after the April Consumer Price Index came in at 3.8% year-over-year, hotter than economists had estimated, with gasoline prices doing most of the lift since the Iran war began.…
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JPMorgan (JPM) to launch new tokenized fund as Wall Street
JPMorgan (JPM) is preparing to launch a tokenized money market fund, the latest sign that major financial institutions and Wall Street asset managers are speeding up efforts to move traditional assets onto blockchain rails.
A Tuesday filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission SEC) outlined plans for a blockchain-based money-market fund investing exclusively…
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CleanSpark stock slides 9% as quarterly earnings miss estimates on
CleanSpark (CLSK) stock fell over 9.4% in pre-market trading on Tuesday after the U.S. bitcoin BTC$80,644.99 mining company reported a widening net loss of $378.3 million for its second fiscal quarter, hit by a significant non-cash adjustment to its digital asset holdings.
The company reported a net loss of $378.3 million for the quarter…
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What next for XRP as related firm Ripple grabs $200 million funding
XRP keeps pushing into the same resistance area that has rejected rallies since February, but the way it’s trading is starting to change. Price is no longer getting sold off immediately after touching the range. Instead, XRP is holding near the highs, which usually matters more than the initial breakout itself.
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Strategy’s Michael Saylor says selling bitcoin to fund dividends is
When Strategy (MSTR), the largest publicly traded company holding bitcoin, first floated the idea of selling its bitcoin stash to fund its dividend obligations during its recent earnings call, it raised concerns among investors and the crypto community.
However, executive chairman Michael Saylor sat down with CoinDesk senior analyst James Van Straten at Consensus…
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Bitmine buys 26K ether (ETH) after Tom Lee said to slow down
Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) has sharply slowed its ether (ETH) purchase pace as Chairman Tom Lee signaled, following months of aggressive buying that made it the world’s largest Ethereum treasury company.
The firm bought 26,659 ether last week, worth about $63 million based on ether’s current price. That’s roughly a quarter of the average…
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Ripple-linked XRP spikes 2.5%, beating bitcoin and ether, in breakout
XRP finally forced its way through the $1.45 area that had capped rallies for weeks, and the move came fast. Volume arrived all at once during the breakout, which usually points to larger positioning rather than retail chasing, though the rally started losing momentum as price approached the psychological $1.50 level.
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Policy at Consensus Miami: State of Crypto
White House adviser Patrick Witt said it’s possible the Clarity Act becomes law by July 4 while Senator Kirsten Gillibrand pushed for an ethics provision in the market structure bill. Consensus Miami 2026 wrapped up with a fiery debate on the role of prediction markets, and a lot otherwise happened at our first conference…
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