Earthside

Quantum Earth, Book 2

De: Dennis E. Taylor

Narrado por: Ray Porter

The fate of mankind is in the hands of a group of 20-something science nerds in the sequel to Outland, by the Audible #1 best-selling author of the “Bobiverse” series.

The Yellowstone super-eruption has put an end to modern civilization. As cities and countries continue to fall, the colony of Rivendell in the alternate Earth known as Outland looks more and more like the only real hope for humanity. But life in Rivendell isn’t getting any simpler, either. Bill and Kevin continue to discover new worlds; the population continues to rise; winter is approaching; and everyone has their own opinion about how things should be run.

Then, a garbled plea for help from Omaha sends most of the security forces back Earthside to investigate, leaving Monica’s police force understaffed just as a large group of refugees arrive with its own ideas and power structure. With threats from both inside and outside, will the colony even survive until spring?

©2023 Dennis E. Taylor (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC.

Extremely agist!

Loved the first book, but the agist pro communist storyline perspective of this book is too much! Even Communist China is promoted as being far superior to America. Xe would be proud. I’ve enjoyed many Dennis E. Taylor series over the years, but I threw away a monthly audible credit on this one.

Best author and best series

Please everyone purchase this I stayed up late tonight so I could get as far in as I could. Knocked it out of the park and please keep this series going you’re amazing Dennis !

Engaging story. Great Narrator.

I am fan of Mr. Taylor's books and I really like the concept and world building around the Quantum Earth series. You many find that in this book there are characters and behaviors that are quite similar to those in some of his other books. This personally doesn't bother me as I can understand that it is hard to create whole new people, motivations, voice, and thoughts that you need to embody for a book and also it is hard to escape your own sense of humor, morals, and general though processes. I enjoy his sense of humor and world building, so some overlap is cool.

There is a lot of talk about the politics in this book mentioned by other reviewers. There is no doubt that events and politics from the greater world probably play a role here, but that is also the cost of reading a book. You may not agree with the authors message, politics, or protagonists decisions. So for those who want to avoid politics, here is your warning:

The author speaks on political situations that you may or may not agree with, these situations may also cause anxiety for those who find the current political climate in the U.S. stressful

Mr. Taylor thanks for the book and I look forward to the next in the series.

Disappointed

I have been waiting for the sequel to Outlander for quite a long time. It was a book that I enjoyed (not at the same level as the Bobiverse books, but still a very interesting premise with a lot of potential to develop into a sliders-like series). I was very disappointed by this book. The whole book feels very bureocratic (i.e. boring), then there are the occasional subplots (with "creepy guy" or attempted coups) that sometimes seem as if they are going to be interesting and then fold down very quickly and left me asking what was the point. All in all a very underwhelming book, especially coming from such a great author.

Pretty good!

See all the negative reviews complaining about the politics? They're right-wingers throwing a fit. They're not really upset that there's politics in the book. After all trying to reestablish society after an apocalyptic event only makes sense and politics is a part of most societies. What they're actually upset about is that their own political leanings are depicted as a negative or rival political thought is depicted as a positive. The book makes a pretty good case, but they don't like being the fools. Don't pay attention to them. Most of them don't know what they're talking about. The ratings for the book still average just shy of 5 stars. Listen to the book and decide for yourself.

Much awaited sequel that ends too quickly

Love the premise of this story and hope it becomes a multi-volume series spanning several years. Only problem I had with this piece of the storyline is how abruptly it felt like it ended. Can’t wait for the next one however.

You’ll Be Hooked!

I’ve been a fan of Dennis E Taylor with The Bobiverse, Roadkill and now book 2 Earthside. A Great listen.

Troubled

Taylor is a Fantastic writer for dialogue, and porter knocks it out of the park once agian. But where he lacks in this book is his story, nothing kept me engaged, and it felt like everyone was bitching at each other for the sake of bitching. He makes several offhand comments in the book about how no one likes politics, and then proceeds to make an entire book dedicated to the politics of this group. Some may love it, some may hate it, I personally hate politics, but love Taylor’s wit, so it’s bearable.

A good second entry.

I'm enjoying this series so far. Any story that can manipulate your emotions effectively is a good on. I laughed, I rejoiced, and I gritted my teeth at times. looking forward to the next one.

Great concept...execution...

pros:
good concept and a great starting point with a novel take on alternate worlds.
the characters are generally interesting.
cons:
people don't behave rationally much of the time and often behave en mass in ways that are directly in conflict with survival. it may be that people are just this stupid but I prefer my escapism to line up with something like optimism. 2 books in and I would have abandoned the protagonist community long before, probably with the "jerry's", who were explicitly caricatures of how the caricatures of "college kids" view people over 30 yo. ...then a nice attack on some person espousing Christian values be a basis of their new constitution and gets immediately dismissed as a nutjob...then, with a world that has been destroyed by a super volcano, they rail about human impact on the environment....tone deaf in the extreme. overall, not a terrible read, and the narrator makes an otherwise okay story better.