
Pushing Ice
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John Lee
About this listen
2057. Humanity has raised exploiting the solar system to an art form. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclear-powered ship, the Rockhopper, push ice. They mine comets. And they're good at it.
The Rockhopper is nearing the end of its current mission cycle, and everyone is desperate for some much-needed R & R, when startling news arrives from Saturn: Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, has inexplicably left its natural orbit and is now heading out of the solar system at high speed. As layers of camouflage fall away, it becomes clear that Janus was never a moon in the first place. It's some kind of machine - and it is now headed toward a fuzzily glimpsed artifact 260 light-years away. The Rockhopper is the only ship anywhere near Janus, and Bella Lind is ordered to shadow it for the few vital days before it falls forever out of reach. In accepting this mission, she sets her ship and her crew on a collision course with destiny - for Janus has more surprises in store, and not all of them are welcome.
©2008 Alastair Reynolds (P)2010 TantorCritic reviews
A gripping and enjoyable listen
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I was hoping for something a bit more "rendezvous with rama" and a bit less "flash gordon radio drama".
And the narrator really has some odd pronunciations going on.
Sounds like Matt Berry in "Toast of London".
But I got used to it.
Just ok
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The plain ‘meh’ front cover and title arent anything to judge this book on. If like me you factor those things into your selections i would usually swipe past when browsing. Included in membership too whoch is a bonus. This is my first Alastair Reynolds book and wont be the last!
Wow!
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John Lee is also an excellent narrator who's work I've enjoyed on many audible titles. His reading absolutely does the tale justice and brings it to life.
I'd highly recommend this book to anyone.
Time and echoes
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Tedious
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one thing he struggles at is consistent, believable 3 dimensional characters. Sometimes he
does it well and comes up with fascinating individuals as long they are tied to fascinating tech and events.
Such as in books like 'House of Suns.' or John Brannigan in "Revelation Space.'
But when he moves away from grand ideas to everyday mundane dialogue
they lack real depth and there is less than surface level insight into their cookie-cutter personalities.
He is more of a big ideas science writer. Sometimes he's on fire and other times it just feels lazy.
I find the same characters popping up in his books. We have another surly, tech-savvy Russian woman
pitched against her captain or crew members. It's all a bit familiar to some of the
characters and interactions in other books. Am not sure if it's a combination of John Lee's narration too, but the cheesy soap opera conflicts among the crew are 2 dimensional and tedious. He should ask himself "is this actually interesting to read or is just a device to plod the plot along?" It's like it's all Alastair talking and he just puts a veneer on top, We have 'Russian Angry Woman' 'Confident older experienced guy' 'Corporate bad guy', 'The doctor,' it just feels shallow and therefore boring so far. But I'll struggle on and update review.
Slow with cheesy character dialogue
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Loved it
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Decent space opwra
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Very good
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The narration was disjointed and was more "stated" than spoken and the edits between obvious breaks was horrendous. Refund requested.
What a shame.
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