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In the year 2031, a robot probe detects traces of biological activity on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons. This sensational discovery shows that there is indeed evidence of extraterrestrial life. Fifteen years later, a hurriedly built spacecraft sets out on the long journey to the ringed planet and its moon. The international crew is not just facing a difficult twenty-seven months: if the spacecraft manages to make it to Enceladus without incident it must use a drillship to penetrate the kilometer-thick sheet of ice that entombs the moon.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Robotic performance, potentially interesting story
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Vannemar Morgan's dream is to link Earth to the stars with the greatest engineering feat of all time: a 24,000-mile-high space elevator. But first he must solve a million technical, political, and economic problems while allaying the wrath of God. For the only possible site on the planet for Morgans Orbital Tower is the monastery atop the Sacred Mountain of Sri Kanda.
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Hard
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Seventy thousand years ago, the human race almost went extinct. We survived, but no one knows how.
Until now. The countdown to the next stage of human evolution is about to begin, and humanity might not survive this time. The Immari are good at keeping secrets. For 2,000 years, they've hidden the truth about human evolution. They've also searched for an ancient enemy - a threat that could wipe out the human race. Now the search is over.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Pretty bad, but not the worst I've ever read
- By january on 03-20-14
By: A.G. Riddle
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Blue Remembered Earth
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- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
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Critically acclaimed author Alastair Reynolds holds a well-deserved place “among the leaders of the hard-science space opera renaissance." ( Publishers Weekly). In Blue Remembered Earth, Geoffrey Akinya wants nothing more than to study the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But when his space-explorer grandmother dies, secrets come to light and Geoffrey is dispatched to the Moon to protect the family name - and prevent an impending catastrophe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A surprising and staisfying departure for Reynolds
- By Michael G Kurilla on 07-21-12
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Fear the Sky
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- By: Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
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From the Audie-nominated narrator of The Martian. In eleven years' time, a million members of an alien race will arrive at Earth. Years before they enter orbit, their approach will be announced by the flare of a thousand flames in the sky, their ships' huge engines burning hard to slow them from the vast speeds needed to cross interstellar space. These foreboding lights will shine in our night sky like new stars, getting ever brighter until they outshine even the sun, casting ominous shadows and banishing the night until they suddenly blink out.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audible Where Are The Rest?!
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By: Stephen Moss
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Seveneves
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A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Odd narrator choice
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Perhaps it wasn't from our time, perhaps it wasn't even from our universe, but the arrival of the 300-kilometer long stone was the answer to humanity's desperate plea to end the threat of nuclear war. Inside the deep recesses of the stone lies Thistledown: the remnants of a human society, versed in English, Russian and Chinese. The artifacts of this familiar people foretell a great Death caused by the ravages of war, but the government and scientists are unable to decide how to use this knowledge.
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Am Epic Original SciFi Read Worth Your Time...
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By: Greg Bear
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Beyond the Aquila Rift
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- Narrated by: Tom Dheere
- Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 422
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 345
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 347
Beyond the Aquila Rift: It's shorthand for the trip no one ever hopes to make by accident. The one that will screw up the rest of your life, the one that creates the ghosts you see haunting the shadows of company bars across the whole Bubble. Men and women ripped out of time, cut adrift from families and lovers by an accident of an alien technology we use but rarely comprehend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story, mediocre audio book.
- By Amazon Customer on 04-17-12
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The Engines of God
- By: Jack McDevitt
- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 605
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 478
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Story4 out of 5 stars 484
Humans call them Monument-Makers. An unknown race, they left stunning alien statues scattered on distant planets throughout the galaxy, encoded with strange inscriptions that defy translation. Searching for clues about the Monument-Makers, teams of 23rd century linguists, historians, engineers and archaeologists have been excavating the enigmatic alien ruins on a number of planets, uncovering strange, massive false cities made of solid rock. But their time is running out.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Conceptually intriguing, but uneven writing style
- By Michael G Kurilla on 05-12-11
By: Jack McDevitt
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Altered Starscape
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- By: Ian Douglas
- Narrated by: Nick Sullivan
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 295
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 274
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 275
The year is 2162. Thirty-eight years after first contact, Lord Commander Grayson St. Clair leads the Tellus Ad Astra on an unprecedented expedition to the Galactic Core, carrying more than a million scientists, diplomats, soldiers, and AIs. Despite his reservations about their alien hosts, St. Clair is deeply committed to his people - especially after they're sucked into a black hole and spat out four billion years in the future. Civilizations have risen and fallen. The Andromeda Galaxy is drifting into the Milky Way. And Earth is most certainly a distant memory.
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1 out of 5 stars
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painful
- By AndyVee on 02-04-17
By: Ian Douglas
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Veiled Alliances
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- By: Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 375
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 328
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 325
This audiobook shows the origin of the green priests on Theroc, the first Roamer skymining operations on a gas-giant planet, the discovery of the Klikiss robots entombed in an abandoned alien city, the initial Ildiran expedition to Earth, the rescue of the generation ship Burton and the tragedy that leads to sinister breeding experiments. Veiled Alliances is an excellent starting point for readers new to the Saga, as well as an unforgettable adventure for fans of the series.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Start with Book One
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Starplex
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- Narrated by: Mark Boyett, Robert J. Sawyer
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 373
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 292
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Story4 out of 5 stars 289
Twenty years after the discovery of artificial wormholes launches Earth space exploration to unforeseeable heights, Starplex Director Keith Lansing investigates a mysterious vessel that soon threatens the station with intergalactic war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Tribute to Arthur C. Clarke
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 06-23-12
By: Robert J. Sawyer
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2001
- A Space Odyssey
- By: Arthur C. Clarke
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,281
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,701
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,670
It has been 40 years since the publication of this classic science-fiction novel that changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Movie Makes More Sense Now
- By Douglas on 12-10-08
By: Arthur C. Clarke
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The Skylark of Space
- Skylark Series #1
- By: E. E. "Doc" Smith
- Narrated by: Reed McColm
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 146
Brilliant government scientist Richard Seaton discovers a remarkable faster-than-light fuel that will power his interstellar spaceship, The Skylark. His ruthless rival, Marc DuQuesne, and the sinister World Steel Corporation will do anything to get their hands on the fuel. They kidnap Seaton's fiancée and friends, unleashing a furious pursuit and igniting a burning desire for revenge that will propel The Skylark across the galaxy and back.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Space Operas - Good Story telling!
- By Madge on 01-27-10
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Event
- By: David L. Golemon
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,043
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 938
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Story4 out of 5 stars 932
In the summer of 1947, an unidentified object crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. There were no survivors. Now it's happened again. But this time, two creatures have emerged from the wreckage alive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Great Series.
- By Frank on 07-29-13
By: David L. Golemon
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Immortality
- By: Kevin Bohacz
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 26 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 109
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Story4 out of 5 stars 109
Without warning, something has gone terribly awry. In the remote and unnoticed places of the world, small pockets of death begin occurring. As the initially isolated extinctions spread, the world's eyes focus on this unimaginable horror and chaos. Out of the ecological imbalance, something new and extraordinary is evolving and surviving to fill the voids left by these extinctions. Evolution is operating in ways no one could have expected, and environmental damage may be the catalyst.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good End of World Thriller
- By John S on 11-04-14
By: Kevin Bohacz
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
The Three-Body Problem is a series of science fiction novels written by Cixin Liu. The trilogy contains Book I: Remembrance of Earth's Past, Book II: The Dark Forest, and Book III: Death’s End. The initial novel covered the developing relationship between the alien Trisolaran civilization and humankind. The Dark Forest followed Earth’s compounding troubles as they grappled with the looming Trisolaran invasion as well as internal political turmoil. Death’s End marks the finale of the Three-Body Problem Trilogy.
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A must read summary!!
- By Alireza on 04-06-24
By: Bell Young
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob)
- Bobiverse, Book 1
- By: Dennis E. Taylor
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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There's a reason We Are Legion was named Audible's Best Science Fiction Book of 2016: Its irresistibly irreverent wit! Bob Johansson has just sold his software company for a small fortune and is looking forward to a life of leisure. The first item on his to-do list: Spending his newfound windfall. On an urge to splurge, he signs up to have his head cryogenically preserved in case of death. Then he gets himself killed crossing the street. Waking up 117 years later, Bob discovers his mind has been uploaded into a sentient space probe with the ability to replicate itself.
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Ignore the Publisher's Summary! This is Amazing!
- By PW on 04-12-17
By: Dennis E. Taylor
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El problema de los tres cuerpos [The Three-Body Problem]
- Trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos 1 [Trilogy of the Three Bodies, Book 1]
- By: Cixin Liu
- Narrated by: Francesc Belda
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Escucha ahora el primer libro de la «Trilogía de los Tres Cuerpos», el fenómeno editorial chino que ha conquistado al mundo y ha ganado el premio Hugo 2015 a la mejor novela. El problema de los tres cuerpos es la primera novela no escrita originariamente en inglés galardonada con el premio Hugo, el Nobel del género de la ciencia ficción. Su autor, Cixin Liu, ha sido considerado el gran descubrimiento del género y es capaz de vender cuatro millones de ejemplares solamente en China y de hacerse con prescriptores de la talla de Barack Obama....
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Ciencia ficción científica
- By A. Jiménez on 08-13-19
By: Cixin Liu
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Der dunkle Wald
- Die Trisolaris-Trilogie 2
- By: Cixin Liu
- Narrated by: Mark Bremer
- Length: 21 hrs and 53 mins
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Der erste Kontakt mit einer außerirdischen Spezies hat die Menschheit in eine Krise gestürzt, denn die fremde Zivilisation hat sich Zugang zu jeglicher menschlichen Informationstechnologie verschafft. Der einzige Informationsspeicher, der noch vor den Aliens geschützt ist, ist das menschliche Gehirn, weshalb das Wallfacer-Projekt ins Leben gerufen wird: Vier Wissenschaftler sollen die ultimative Verteidigungsstrategie gegen die Aliens ausarbeiten - doch können sie einander trauen?
By: Cixin Liu
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- Dennis Hay
- 02-08-20
amazing
The richness and detail of his descriptions are amazing. His ability to describe complex concepts even more amazing.
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- Danny K
- 04-16-19
Rough start, but keep going. It's worth it.
Book 2 of the Three Body Problem trilogy took a while to get going for me. Gone are most of the characters from the first book, and in their place is new protagonist Luo Ji for reasons that don't become clear until the end. The first quarter of the book focuses on his selfishness and a particularly creepy obsession of his, and it was tough to get through. Keep going though - once the book makes it past it's first time jump, things pick up and I couldn't stop listening.
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- Ethan Carron
- 06-11-18
Narrator is much better at pronouncing the names.
The last book's narrator butchered all the Chinese names really badly. This guy's much better.
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- Adrian Nakic
- 02-15-19
An encouraging continuation of Three Body.
The spirit of the first book is kept intact. This book gave me a blend of dread and wonder, maintaining an intoxicating balance between the two. I'm happy to continue the series 😊
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- Lawrence
- 02-18-19
Unique story
Fascinating unique story. The author does an excllent job describing events as they occurr, with supposed scientific accuracy (I’m told it’s accurate and so I just assume it makes sense or close to it). When something explodes in this book, it does more than explode. The author paints a picture of what the explosion looked like (from multiple perspectives at times) and why the explosion happened.
Really great adventure through a bizarre story that requires a good narrator to help keep you on track. I think dark forest found that here.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-25-19
I can wait to read the next book!!!
Cixin Liu is one of the most amazing science fiction writers I have ever read!!!
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- David McCune
- 07-07-16
Different from any SF you have ever read.
If you have ever felt that the "us against the aliens" stories were getting a bit repetitive ('the alien armada wasn't counting on running into a species like THIS ONE!"), then this is for you.
It is different. Different ethnographic center. Different strategy. Different ideas about galactic civilization. Even a different esthetic on love and beauty. Just a very enjoyable and new experience in SF for me.
I don't feel like I am doing this justice, so I will just close with this:
I thought this novel was time well spent.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I.
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- Randy
- 06-22-17
Mind Blowing
One of the greatest science fiction stories or all time. An unforgettable journey that makes you ponder on what's really out there. So immersing it blurs the boundary between fiction and reality.
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- Lily Wong
- 01-26-17
great book
the detail in the math and physics is amazing. can be slow at times but the reader will be rewarded with many twists and turns.
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- Brian Miller
- 12-22-16
A refreshing original SF novel
I had difficulty with the Chinese names but after a while the character context made the characters obvious. I did alternate between thinking it was a stupid to one of the greatest science fiction stories that I have ever read.
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