Review: Interesting Post-Apocalypse Novel
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2013
Angela Madsen has some intriguing ideas. Two I particularly found interesting. First, how myths and beliefs develop over time.  Second, how people perceive time as they age.Her nanotechnology science and social reactions to changes in science were very well done in the first sections. The latter portions where she seems to be trying show "every possible human society in 200 pages or less"  were a little less absorbing as these societies have been described in numerous other post-apocalypse works and nothing particularly new was developed here.Fractal Cadence could have used a little better editing.  First because a lot of typos were obviously words that were spell-checked as good (the for their, pour for pore, etc.) and second because a good editor might have helped her tighten up some of the 'walkabout' sections in the last 2/3 of the book.  However, even the typos didn't keep me from finishing and enjoying the book.  I'll watch for a second book from Ms. Madsen.