Far from the Light of Heaven
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Far from the Light of Heaven
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Narrated by:
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Clifford Samuel
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By:
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Tade Thompson
About this listen
Arthur C. Clarke Award winner Tade Thompson makes a triumphant return to science fiction with this unforgettable vision of humanity's future in the chilling emptiness of space.
The colony ship Ragtime docks in the Lagos system, having travelled light years from home to bring 1,000 sleeping souls to safety among the stars.
Some of the sleepers, however, will never wake - and a profound and sinister mystery unfolds aboard the gigantic vessel. Its skeleton crew are forced to make decisions that will have repercussions for all of humanity's settlements - from the scheming politicians of Lagos station, to the colony planet of Bloodroot, to other far-flung systems and indeed Earth itself.
©2021 Tade Thompson (P)2021 Hachette Audio UKCritic Reviews
"Gripping and skilfully told, with an economy and freshness of approach that is all Tade Thompson's own. The setting is interstellar, but it feels as real, immediate and lethal as today's headlines" (Alastair Reynolds)
"Readers looking for a smart sci-fi mystery should snap this up." (Publishers Weekly)
"First-rate space opera from one of the genre's most exciting voices." (Gareth L. Powell)
"A gripping space opera with characters fighting for their lives aboard a dying starship. I enjoyed it so much and can't wait to see what Thompson does next." (Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries)
"Simultaneously brutally grounded and wildly imaginative." (Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time)
"Perfectly balances inspired universe building with both high-octane action and emotional depth." (Big Issue)
"Tade Thompson is a writer of enormous heart and talent. Just brilliant." (Dave Hutchinson)
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- George Theodoridis
- 14-11-2021
Narrator problem
Narrator stood between me and this novel.
He read the words but too often his emotional inflections were out of sync with the emotional context. I imagine only those with an innate talent for narration could get away without reading once privately prior to the recording, just to get the sense of a novel and so not make such errors as, for example, pronouncing the verb 'appropriate' as the adjective. It threw me out of the story too often.
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