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Eight Worlds, Book 2
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David Stifel
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John Varley
A science fiction epic from "the best writer in America" (Tom Clancy) - Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley.
Fleeing Earth after an alien invasion, the human race stands on the threshold of evolution. Their new home is Luna, a moon colony blessed with creature comforts, prolonged lifespans, digital memories, and instant sex changes.
But the people of Luna are bored, restless, suicidal - and so is the computer that monitors their existence....
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Philosophical science fiction at its best
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Excellent Story!
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Steel Beach
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7 chapters in and I am clueless.
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definitely worth it
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an old favorite
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The plot itself is a complicated interwoven mix of at least 2 separate stories that need each other in order to resolve. This is not an audiobook to put on in the background--it demands your attention.
If I have one complaint it's with the audio performance. Like most audiobook performers, the narrator tries to give each character a certain voice--or sound. This book has many female characters, and they're critical characters. But this actor--when he voices a female--affects a high-pitched, breathy voice. Every female character sounds like someone imitating an airheaded-teenager in a comedy skit. It makes it hard to take the characters seriously--and you NEED to take these characters seriously.
Top notch writing; Voice actor needs some work
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Great story
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Varley explores the sudden rupture of societal mores and traditions that accompany the displacement from Earth. At the same time, the advancement of artificial intelligence has reached a stage where human involvement is unnecessary. This leads to two situations: 1) humans have little to do as the CC takes care of everything leading to perverse behaviors; and 2) the AI makes decisions for the 'good' of its human charges leading to abuse and corruption.
The narration is quite good with reasonable character distinction, although a female narrator after the sex change would have been preferred.
Lunar living under an AI rule
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loved the book, poor performance,not hildy
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