
House of Suns
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Narrated by:
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John Lee
About this listen
Not only are Campion and Purslane late for their 30-second reunion but they have also brought along an amnesiac golden robot for a guest. But the wayward shatterlings get more than the scolding they expect: they face the discovery that someone has a very serious grudge against the Gentian line, and there is a very real possibility of traitors in their midst. The surviving shatterlings have to dodge exotic weapons while they regroup to try to solve the mystery of who is persecuting them and why---before their ancient line is wiped out of existence forever.
©2008 Alastair Reynolds (P)2009 TantorGalactic civilizations, robots and mistery
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The good:
The story is somehow different from the other sci fi I've read and I love space opera. The story is simply huge in its scale and Reynolds does a great job of writing across time and civilisations. I loves this element. The story wasn't too focused on protracted warfare or world explanation yet it beautifully crafted an expansive universe and managed to deal with a story spanning hundreds of thousands of years.
I love John Lee as a voice actor, I can listen to him all day long. This book was no exception, very well done.
I liked the interweaving elements of the story too, past and present, that added a cool element of explaining the present progressively as the story went.
The less good:
I just found the ending a let down. I'm increasingly sick of sci fi authors who can cast these amazing worlds and build intrigue across a story and then you get to the end and... seems like very few authors know how to end books well.
While I found the story really unique in many ways the story of Abigail's mother is a blatant rip off of the Winchester Mystery House which annoyed me a bit.
Overall I enjoyed it though, well worth a listen and we'll written!
Well written and expansive in its scale
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Characters, Twists, and a vast universe full of mysteries
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Interesting themes
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Pretty Darn Epic
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mind melting at times with the scope
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Classic & very entertaining
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Mind opening - Absolute fave
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- Now, back to the real world 😊, let my brain cool down a bit...
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Pan Galactic
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Mind opening
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