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Beyond the Hallowed Sky
- Lightspeed, Book 1
- Narrated by: Elliot Chapman
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
When a brilliant scientist gets a letter from herself about faster-than-light travel, she doesn't know what to believe. The equations work, but her paper is discredited - and soon the criticism is more than scientific. Exiled by the establishment, she gets an offer to build her starship from an unlikely source. But in the heights of Venus and on a planet of another star, a secret is already being uncovered that will shake humanity to its foundations.
Science fiction legend Ken MacLeod begins a new space-opera trilogy by imagining humankind on the precipice of discovery - the invention of faster-than-light travel unlocks a universe of new possibilities and new dangers.
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"An exceptional blend of international politics, hard science, and first contact." (Michael Mammay, author of the Planetside series)
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- R. Maines
- 08-01-22
Old fashioned
This is not a standalone story, so it ends rather abruptly. It also feels very old fashioned, like stories from the 50s where a rocket to the moon is built in a backyard.
Still the world building is impressive and the plot rattles along.
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- Emily Shotter
- 29-06-23
A bit lacklustre for me
I really wanted to like this from the write up but I just felt it pondered a bit and I never really got 'into' it. The first few chapters seemed promising but it just didn't deliver the excitement and intrigue and 'sci-fi feel I wanted. I guess I won't be buying the others in the series. This could just be because it's not really my tipe of sci-fi.
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- Svein Olav Nyberg
- 20-02-23
A great imagination
... and an unfinished story to be continued in the next book. Anxiously awaiting this next instalment.
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- iBloke
- 28-03-22
Interesting
My first Ken MacLeod book and I was expecting hard sci-fi but got a grand whimsical near future story with some sharp observations and political satire but there was no overarching plot or threat that drove the story on. However, a very enjoyable story with some great characters so I’m in for the ride and will get the next book. Elliot Chapman does a good job with a range of accents but for those that live/have lived there some of his Clydeside pronunciations are a wee bit quirky.
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- Sally Ann Lewis
- 01-04-23
Rollacoaster.
Engaging idea, started well . Great narration
Found it hard to follow in places and unresolvrd ending annoying.
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- Jason van Niekerk
- 17-11-22
Makes the politics nearly as interesting as the cosmic mystery
This is an accelerating toboggan from near-future political thriller to high-stakes space opera, with a ship-building building workers’ commune very suddenly joining an FTL arms race, just as an implacable alien menace emerges.
It’s all the best of Ken MacLeod: punning chapter titles, Scottish socialists, AI spies and gripping plotting.
There are a few bits where the narrator flubs a reading or pronunciation, but his nuanced accent work goes a long way to make up for that.
I absorbed this over a few days, and can’t wait for the next one.
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