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Spin

Auteur(s): Robert Charles Wilson
Narrateur(s): Scott Brick
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One night when he was 10, Tyler stood in his backyard and watched the stars go out. They flared into brilliance, then disappeared, replaced by an empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives.

The "sun" is now a featureless disk - a heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. The world's artificial satellites have fallen out of orbit. Eventually, space probes reveal that the barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time passes faster outside the barrier - more than a hundred million years per day on Earth. At this rate, the death of the sun is only about forty years away.

Jason, now a promising young scientist, devotes his life to working against this slow-moving apocalypse. Diane throws herself into hedonism, marrying a sinister cult leader who's forged a religion out of the fears of the masses.

Earth sends terraforming machines, then humans, to Mars...and immediately an emissary returns with thousands of stories about the settling of Mars. Then an identical barrier appears around Mars.

Life on Earth is about to get much, much stranger.

©2005 Robert Charles Wilson (P)2008 Macmillan Audio

Ce que les critiques en disent

  • Hugo Award, Best Novel, 2006

"Wilson continues to surprise and delight. I can't think of another science fiction writer who understands the strengths of the genre so well and who works with such confidence within its elastic boundaries." (The New York Times)
"The best science fiction novel so far this year." (Rocky Mountain News)

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Intriguing tale

Lots of human wisdom and folly. Lots of plausible science well as much as Sci-fi need’s anyway. Good story, good characters and fun to hear. Great narration too.

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great storyline & prescient societal statements

character development is phenomenal. the story has sound scientific basis and leaves you in a constant state of wondering what is really going on. the societal and political statements lead you wonder if the author had a preview of the 2018 political situation

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Single-handedly got me into speculative sci-fi

I first read this book in high school for an assignment when I picked it randomly out of the sci-fi bin. Normally I was only into action/sci-fi And that's kind of what I expected from this book going into it. Not only were my expectations subverted, but they were also greatly exceeded.

Spin played such a huge role in my developmental years as it encouraged me to think and to wonder at the beauty of our universe. All of the character's are well developed and feel/act natural and even though the main character is somewhat of a plain character he is emboldened by the characters surrounding him and the way he interacts with them and what unfolds around himself.

The story unfolds so naturally and though some later story arcs are spoiled by the narrator character in the first few chapters the agency remains as there are always new twists and mysteries in the next chapter.

I really like Scott Brick's reading as I feel he puts just enough emotion into characters and takes moments to let the impact of scenes and rhe emotions of characters or events sink in. Beautiful.

Seriously, if you like speculative sci-fi give Spin a shot. I've listened to this twice now and have read the book countless times.

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Futuristic scifi novel took me back in time!

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A truth once again revealed: childhood friendships persist, despite the changes and events life throws at us. A most fascinating story line leads us into an intriguing adventure in an alternate timeline imposed by an outside entity (enough said). One of the best books I've read in many years - have eagerly jumped into Axis, the sequel.

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Good story, bad characters

The story was an interesting idea. Didn't care about characters. Main character was incredibly passive.

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bland and over written

Just about the worst and blandest characters I have seen in a novel. Neat ideas but very overwritten, about twice as Ong as it should have been.

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Really wanted to like it!

The tone was boring and depressing. The story goes on and on but it feels empty. It’s hard to like the characters, they are all cold and detached . I expected a lot of science but found very little, whatever is there is spread out to the point when i no longer cared.

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I want my money back

science fiction short story pulled out to novel-length with a Harlequin romance stuff inside it avoid at all cost

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Slow burn, long and booring

Lots of potential but slow and boring. You can skip chapters at a time with no consequence. Yawn..

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