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.

Well, duh

Ask a bunch of college kids what goverment they want, surprise, surprise it's socialism. This is after they threaten to exile someone for being a slacker, and ostrasize the old people for every mistake ever made. Those old folks invented all those toys you're playing with, kids. Dance in a few more stereotypes and you're sure to piss off everyone. Guess Dennis has made his millions and he's bored with the hard work of writing well.

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.