Anvil of Stars

A Sequel to The Forge of God

By: Greg Bear

Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies

The Forge of God described the destruction of Earth itself by self-replicating robots, Von Neumann machines designed to use the planet's mass to create more robotic creatures and spread throughout the Galaxy. Only a few humans have survived, aided by a mysterious alien race known only as “The Benefactors”, who arrived at Earth too late.

Now the small group of human survivors is determined to track down the criminal race who launched the planet killers. Humanity is given a starship by The Benefactors, and driven only by revenge they set out to find the unknown beings who are responsible for the destruction of Earth, and many other worlds.

©1992 Greg Bear (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Especially creative and fantastic

Would you listen to Anvil of Stars again? Why?

Awesome ideas, great tension, great characters

Who was your favorite character and why?

All of them. Except Rosa, she is to hate and that has to be that way.

What does Stephen Bel Davies bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

It's a very very good performance. He is very pleasant to listen to and he gave the story a lot of additonal character. in a good way.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Those aliens they encounter, they are just so awesome all the time! and the performance makes them even better

a little slow getting started and never picks up

I was hoping that this novel would be more like slant where a slow start builds to an interesting and more dramatic finish however the story meanders and I found the characters less engaging than the ones from Queen of Angels, slant, or blood music. It was interesting to see what happened with the crew after the destruction of Earth, but it felt like Michael Moore did the sequel to a Roland Emmerich movie.

always a great story from mr bear.

Always detailed characters you can love and hate against a rich background of altiverse. fantastic book

Extraordinary

Best novel Bear has ever penned, possibly the best scifi I've ever read. Brilliant. Breathtaking.

Good

This story left me with much pause for thought. It is great story . I would recommend it as an important Science Fiction work.