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Eversion

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: Harry Myers
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Eversion is a superb original gothic SF novel. A small group of intrepid explorers are in search of a remote and mysterious artefact. It's a well-funded expedition, well organised, which is lucky as they're sailing north of Bergen on the schooner Demeter, searching for a narrow inlet which will lead them to a vast uncharted lake—and their goal­­­—

Until disaster strikes.

Doctor Silas Coade wakes from disturbing dreams, on the steamship Demeter, in pursuit of an extraordinary find almost too incredible and too strange to believe, secreted within a lagoon in the icy inlets of Patagonia. But as they come in sight of their prize, he and the crew see they are not the first to come so far: there is a wreck ahead, and whatever ruined it may threaten them as well.

Shaking off his nightmares, Doctor Silas Coade joins his fellow exploders on the deck of the zeppelin Demeter and realises something has already gone dangerously wrong with their mission. If any of them are to survive, then he will have to take the exploration—and their lives—into his own hands....

©2022 Alastair Reynolds (P)2022 Gollancz Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Greek Mythology Ancient Greece
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Loved the clever thinking behind the way the story is stepped out and the narrator Harry Myers is amazing !

One of the best books of 2022

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Very well read with great accents and delivery of the main character. Up there with Reynolds’ best work for me.

Great story of twisted and blurred realities

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Well written and good performance.
I was expecting something different, unsure why. I guess the 'gothic sci-fi' in the description was truthful, and with a Jules verne+steam punk flavour, but I almost felt that I was listening to a Jules Verne novel. I don't dislike Jules Verne, mind you.
I found this story rather tedious: less twisty-turny and more are we there yet.
We had action and drama but it felt instead more disruptive to the storyline. In a literal sense, it was written that way, but it was also like a moderately convoluted movie plot where you are thrust from one action scene to the next. Here we were without the benefit of special effects and visual cues, and it almost needed them. As if I was reading a screenplay or something. Maybe I was?!
So, not a bad book. It ended satisfactorily. I was glad when it had ended.

Not what I expected

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Reynolds as always has outdone himself, which after 20 years I've come to expect.

What I did not expect was the absolutely incredible performance of Harry Myers. This is the second time in my life an audio book has moved me to tears, I can't say enough great things about the performance, especially in the final chapters.

Perfect.

astoundingly good

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Absolutely brilliant, as expected from this author 👏 grabbed me from the start and wouldn't let me go. Very well read too.

Brilliant

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Alistair always writes well. I enjoy the fact that you are drawn in and forget your troubles.

Clever premise

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Like / dislike
I really enjoyed the layers to the story, twists and self discovery of the main character.

I listened to the audio book over two days because it I had to know what happened next!

I’d recommend it for those who enjoy sci fi. It reminded me a bit of Chasm City but on a zoomed in scale. Great detail in the environment. Although I’m not a technical person, I enjoyed how the explanations and concepts were presented through the characters.

The narrator was excellent, great voices for the characters and a clear, even pace.

Entertaining listen

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It was an engaging story but tended to drag on a little, however the excellent narration made up for this and really shined.

Engaging and wonderfully narrated

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quite hard to describe, but well worth the listen. Performance was outstanding, and the story was continually surprising (in a very good way)

Twists within twists

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Solid premise and interesting dilemma but drags on. Could have been two hours shorter. Not Reynolds best, see Blue Remembered Earth or Pushing Ice for better ones.

Ok, not great.

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