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The Hole

Hard Science Fiction

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The Hole

By: Brandon Q. Morris
Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May
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A mysterious object threatens to destroy our solar system. The survival of humankind is at risk, but nobody takes the warning of young astrophysicist Maribel Pedreira seriously. At the same time, an exiled crew of outcasts mines for rare minerals on a lone asteroid.

When other scientists finally acknowledge Pedreira's alarming discovery, it becomes clear that these outcasts are the only ones who may be able to save our world, knowing that the Hole hurtles inexorably toward the sun.

©2019 Brandon Q. Morris (P)2019 Tantor Adventure Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Outcast
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The story wasn’t one of my favourites. Some parts were good and others were ok

Some parts were good

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I’m a hard sci fi Baxter fan, and gave this morris fella a go. It was worth it and now onto book 2

Give it a go

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Good story and well worth a listen to. Enjoyed it thoroughly. I’ll be listening to more books by this author.

Good story Great narrator

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A good read full of humour and serious physics. I’m not sure if all the ideas have a factual background but it adds to the story as a whole and is very entertaining

Dry humoured physics

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Kinda tired of the 'idiosyncratic AI discovers love and sacrifices (usually) himself to save human(ity)' trope, it's lazy and a Mcguffin.

Lazy, good idea but lazy

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the narrator did a reasonable job, but the story was very weak.
not really a proper science fiction story, with a very disappointing and anticlimactic ending

Simplistic story, with no real science

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It started slow but really grew on me. I learned more about black holes than mainstream non- fiction ever conveyed.

this one really grew on me

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If you like relatable sci-fi with a bunch of science and a cool premise, you may like this book.

Very good

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I loved it! my first Brandon Q Morris book. It was a bit slow to start with, but it get exciting as the story progress. The narrator did an awesome job voicing all the characters 👏

***MAKES YOU THINK***

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Audio excellent. Gentle and deep pace exploring meaning and its changing in the face of threat. Like Andy Weir, but I think better written

Multi-layered, much more than the story

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