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Letters to Our Robot Son

By: Cadance Bell
Narrated by: Stig Wemyss
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An unexpected story of life, family, hope and redemption – at the end of the world.

Arto has a problem. For one, he's a robot. He’s awoken with no memory of who he is, with nothing but a mysterious letter, in a world bereft of those fleshy, talky things that made him. So why is he alone, and where have all the people gone?

He stumbles upon a lost, cheeky kitten and selects it as his best friend for the adventure of a lifetime, trying to make sense of all this existence stuff. Just as Arto begins to fear he's the only sentient thing left on the whole planet, a cantankerous robot falls from the sky.

She says she's his sister.

And that's the problem, because she might be the reason there are no more people.

“Bell is a mercurial genius, a fearless imagineer, whose bold ideas fizz off the page with spry wit and distinct rhythm. Letters to Our Robot Son is a superb work that summons the speculative spirit of Phillip K. Dick, H.G. Wells and Charlie Brooker. Told with warmth, tenderness and courage, it’s an unmissable journey that will move, challenge and inspire.” - Craig Silvey

“Epic in every possible way. Big ideas. Big adventures. Big heart. Big questions. Cadance Bell reminds us why stories matter - particularly the ones we tell ourselves. She is a tale teller; a world conjurer; a narrative alchemist. Letters to Our Robot Son is as playful as it is prescient, and an intergalactic love letter to found families.” - Beejay Silcox

“Cadance Bell has pulled off an extraordinary feat in Letters to our Robot Son: a terrifying, funny, profound and ultimately hopeful story of what makes us human - and why we must question that. A rollicking adventure with a heart-busting character at its core that tousles with some of the biggest and most important questions of our time.” - Kate Mildenhall

©2024 Cadance Bell (P)2024 Audible Australia Pty Ltd.
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Note to self - you want to listen to this again

This performance is perfect, the narrator bringing the characters and story alive. It is funny and delightful in parts and sad and somber in others. It's main character is a kitten loving robot (who reminded me of Wall-e, if Wall-e could talk) what more could you want?

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Fantastic listen! Perfect narration

Cadance Bell has done an amazing job with this audiobook. What a great listen. Highly recommended!!!

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Thought provoking

Well written explanation of what could be our future. Loved the references to local places.

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Great thoughtful read

Interesting view of the future world and NSW venues which are central to the story

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Fun story, but quite simple

occasionally hard to follow, text gets really carried away in describing unimportant details. the characters are cute and relatable, and the point of the story comes together well in the last few chapters. but there's a lot of waffling to get there.
the heavy Australian accents are funny at first but get annoying after a while.

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Refreshing SciFi greatness for spline reticulators

Hiding just a little underneath Arto's cool-beans cowabunga positivity is a sophisticated, skillyfully technically-cohesive and colourfully crafted world in which her characters explore a number of issues.

Sure there's techno-cool, and I guess, yeah, there's murderbots too, but I thoughroughly enjoyed the adventure, the exploration of what it means to be family, even when family is destructive, and some of Bell's lovable Bogan. In a world of dark-knight rises brooding powerful heroes, it's nice to ride along with a protagonist unafraid to wear his μ on his electromagnetic sleeve.

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Absolutely incredible sotry

It was an incredible story. From start to finish it was captivating and the use of imagery was on point. Each character had their own evident personality and depth, the story was so well written I found myself binge listening within a few days. I applaud the author for their creativity and their detail in the story, and creating an immersive world.

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A really fresh Australian story.

The story was vividly imagined, fresh and bright. It captured easily the Australian context, animals and plants, the particular Australian light. Characters were Australian and quite genuine to the context. it was entertaining. I particularly enjoyed the performance of the various voices. Deeper issues underlying AI, robotics and sentience were delt with in an unobtrusive way. The created world has much potential for a sequel or a series of short stories. The main character is cute and endearing. Would appeal to a ya. audience, but issues go far beyond. I have already shared with those in my family who would enjoy.

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Decent Aussie sci-fi

Overall I enjoyed this book. The narration was good (although, even as an aussie myself, it did grate on me at times). A few times I wanted to stop and not go further but I persevered. It did make me chuckle at times early on, and it had me tear up at one point later (although I'm also sick so it could be that too). I don't think it had any original ideas but it was still enjoyable and a different perspective on those ideas. Humanity, Climate, political hierarchy are issues addressed in a fairly typical fashion. I've rambled on enough. I feel like it's one of those books that will end up on a schools booklist.
Still, gets 4stars overall because I couldn't put it down.

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Ripper Mate!

Set in sydney.
Ends hard.
Want more.



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