Vortex

By: Robert Charles Wilson

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Vortex tells the story of Turk Findley, the protagonist introduced in Axis, who is transported 10,000 years into the future by the mysterious entities called “the Hypotheticals”. In this future, humanity exists on a chain of planets connected by Hypothetical gateways; but Earth itself is a dying world, effectively quarantined. Turk and his young friend Isaac Dvali are taken up by a community of fanatics who use them to enable a passage to the dying Earth, where they believe a prophecy of human/Hypothetical contact will be fulfilled. The prophecy is only partly true, however, and Turk must unravel the truth about the nature and purpose of the Hypotheticals before they carry him on a journey through warped time to the end of the universe itself.

Vortex is thrilling and complex science-fiction novel from Hugo Award-winning author Robert Charles Wilson.

©2011 Robert Charles Wilson (P)2011 Macmillan Audio

Good ending to the Spin series

I'm actually pretty torn on whether or not to give this five stars. I think with every series, no matter the author, the progressive books never seem as good as the earlier ones. This is probably because the freahness of the idea behind the books tends to wears off. However, I would have to give the complete 3 book series five stars.
It's amazing the way this story comes together in the end, especially the last paragraph (I'm imagining it's the last paragraph since this is audio). I guarantee you won't see it coming.
The bottom line is: if you've read the first two books, you can't not read this one. If you haven't read the first two, what are you waiting for?

A pleasant conclusion to the Spin Trilogy.

this is not about specific characters from Spin. It concludes the story of the Hypotheticals.
It's an interesting perspective.

A decent closure

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I really liked Spin, and I was more drawn in to it than most books I've read. Axis wasn't all that great to me. I figured I had to get Vortex to figure out what it was all about.

It's a well-done story with typical Wilsonian bouncing from time and character to time and character. He goes farther out than I'd expected, to the eventual breakdown of subatomic particles in the very distant future.

I liked the characters and ideas, and generally enjoyed it. Narration is the same as for the previous 2 books.

At times prescient, at times a little dark

The whole series draws you in with deep and complex character development. It predicts the demise of our planet by greed and desire. The eventual ending is satisfying but really too dark. I doubt that I will look for other books by Wilson.

Excellent story, ambitious scope, very nice!

A strong finish to a very good series. I'm not easily impressed, but this one had me thinking about their universe long after the book was finished 😄