Exiled from Earth

The Exiles Series, Book 1

By: Ben Bova, Claire Bloom - director

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

Length: 5 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

A powerful world government has scientists transported from an overpopulated earth to a satellite on the eve of their discovery of a method to modify the human embryo.

©1971 Ben Bova (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Its all mixed up

when I'd listen to this book i were dumbfounded.
it's felt like a novice sci-fi writer of the new age trying to write like golden age of sci-fi, but then i Finished the book and found it IS an golden age writer.
strange.
he had some good ideas but most of the book were too naive for me

fun

a very compelling & well written story! Stefan Rudnicki's performance makes it truly riveting, and hard to put down.

Good spin on world fear of smart people.

Book about how scientist are always imprisoned call it Manhattan project or any other name...

final solution they came up with is to leave earth looking for new world.

Big questions require hard answers

Ben Bova’s EXILED FROM EARTH. A 1971 Book... there are some wince-worthy perspectives on culture and gender. Still, the central idea holds up. The story centers around a dystopian future where government fears the impact of new science. The answer? Exile the scientists. Really enjoyed it.

Dated, of course, but still great!!!

Even though we have mapped the human genome now, which they had not when this story was written, the questions and concerns raised, are still valid.
It is certainly not beyond the bounds of possibility that such an exile could occur. It would certainly be preferable to the probability of a World Government simply eradicating the ‘problem’, as well as the ‘problem makers’.

Want more

Story was great. Narration was acceptable. Plenty of suspense with an unusual storyline. Only problem is I want to know what Bonnie did & whether the starship journey was successful. So, on to next book.

Great series neat looking back to when this book was written and the crappy future we are building

1 world government, individual freedoms erased for the “greater good”. Given the state of the world the author was ahead of his time. Solid book for pulling the reader into the story. A shadow of things to come?
The UN becoming the world government? Well if Russia and China join forces it could happen. On to book 2…

An interesting story…

An interesting story that suffers from some very dated racial language. Maybe it wouldn’t bother someone else but it jarred me out of my immersion in the narration at times.

Fun quick listen

Good narration, good plot although fairly obvious, George is a great character. Fun filler in between my normal reads

Naïve perspective on genetic engineering

Ben Bova’s Exiled from Earth is the first installment of his exile trilogy. At some not-too-distant point in the future, Earth has been unified under a single government. This body has come to the conclusion that genetic engineering is too dangerous (along with some fields of science) out of fear that ‘super-humans’ will be created resulting in inequality and eventual hostilities. They ‘exile’ the scientists to an orbital space station. A few scientists are secreted away working on some top-secret project that is shooting for world domination. The scientists thwart that plan, but still end up banished. At the end, they hatch a plan to leave the solar system.

Bova’s representation of genetic engineering is more along the lines of Frankenstein, rather than ad-dressing medical conditions. There’s also the naïve notion that a massive computer algorithm will solve all the problems. At no time is there any discussion of curing diseases or doing anything useful other than the idea of superhumans. The AI (artificial intelligence) was probably the most intriguing aspect, but other than being used for storing data and building operation, there were few creative applications of that technology.

The narration is excellent with superb character distinction. Pacing is brisk making for a quick listen.