Moonseed
The NASA Trilogy, Book 3
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Narrated by:
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Kevin Kenerly
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By:
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Stephen Baxter
About this listen
It started the night Geena and Henry broke up. What was that strange light in the sky? A new star? A comet? Neither. It was the death of Venus.
As if to commemorate the end of NASA’s golden couple, our neighbor planet exploded into a brilliant cloud of dust and debris, showering the Earth with radiation and bizarre particles as big as bacteria - a 10-dimensional superstring nanovirus that literally eats rock, transforming it into liquid, and then into molecule-size black holes that devour the very fabric of space-time.
Feasting on Edinburgh’s primeval basalt, Moonseed is steadily eating its way toward Earth’s core. The death toll rises by the hour, as buildings collapse into streets that flow like water, as hundred-foot tsunamis obliterate Seattle and Vancouver, and as volcanoes sprout like weeds across the planet’s quickly decaying mantle.
NASA “rock-jockey” Henry Meacher and his Japanese colleague, Blue, race to cut off the virus and save what is left of the Earth. Meanwhile Henry’s ex, Geena, straps in with a Russian cosmonaut for a daredevil Moon voyage, ultimately reuniting with Henry and searching for the lunar ice deposits that might make possible the greatest evacuation since Noah braved the Flood.
And a mother and her young son clamber for the last solid ground in the liquefying Scottish Highlands, under the baleful stars of a dying universe....
Audacious beyond comparison, grand in conception, and gripping in execution, Moonseed is the first modern novel to do justice to the awesome terror and promise implicit in quantum physics. Like all of Baxter’s work, it blazes new paths from which science fiction will surely follow in the years to come, and becomes required listening for anyone wishing to understand the awesome promise - and threat - revealed by modern science.
©1998 Stephen Baxter (P)2021 Blackstone PublishingWhat listeners say about Moonseed
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-08-2021
An old favourite.
Fond memories of this book and got it as soon as released on audible. The premise of the story is fantastic and the author manages to carry it right till the end.
Slightly disappointed by the narration. Not great at accents but good enough to get me through. Oh but please, it’s not pronounced ‘Edinburrow’. This annoyed me each time he said it, which is a lot given half the book is set in Edinburgh.
I found the main protagonist a little annoying. His constant disparaging remarks about British life and culture gets old. Yeh yeh we know, if it was in America they would have kicked butt *eye roll
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- Anonymous User
- 03-10-2022
Clear read, but…
The most dreadful attempt at a Scottish accent I’ve ever heard - sorry Kevin! Otherwise I’ve found the trilogy a great listen.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-10-2021
Purchased by accident but loved it
Characteristically dark, and a wonderful exploration of the moon under extreme prejudice … old school Baxter at his best …
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- Michael Harrison
- 06-10-2021
Wanted to like this
Story seemed interesting, but couldn't get past the readers voice, it just bugged me. Also the characters in the story were not likable at least the main ones, I am just thinking who would like any of these people??
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- Brenda L Heath
- 11-08-2022
Epic!
I’m in awe of the mind and imagination that created this story. So complex in its scientific and astrological content, but still exciting enough for a lay person to enjoy the ride. I thought this was brilliant and would highly recommend.
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- Vellum Farm
- 18-11-2021
Terrible accent
The worst Scottish accent I have ever heard. Says Edinboro, and Princess St instead of Princes (male). He has no idea.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-11-2023
Wonderful end to the NASA trilogy
Great story that in true Baxter fashion mixes hard science with wonderful fiction. The sense of peril throughout is present but doesn't overwhelm the story. Like other reviewers, I'm a big fan of Kevins narration but please, never, ever do Scottish accents again.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-07-2023
Great story
I thought this was a great book. It was an original idea executed in a believable way with realistic characters. I was hooked.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-05-2024
Truely original world building
I really enjoyed the a scrupulous detail and research that went into this word, across a wide scope of disciplines, and with completely believable characters.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-02-2022
Slow and disappointing
Was hoping for better from this author as had read his work with Arthur C Clarke. Descriptions just went on and on and were of minimal value. The base story and the explanation was never resolved in my opinion. It’s only redeeming features were the characters. Ultimately it was a reasonably depressing book. I made it to the end but it was a struggle. Sorry don’t like to give negative reviews but has to be honest!
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