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Michael Crichton meets Marvel’s Venom in award-winning author Seth Dickinson’s science fiction debut
"Viciously funny, vivid to the point of horror, and entirely profound."—Arkady Martine
"Magnificent. . . . A science fiction action juggernaut."—Tamsyn Muir
"Anna, I came to Earth tracking a very old story, a story that goes back to the dawn of time. It’s very unlikely that you’ll die right now. It wouldn’t be narratively complete."
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A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com.
Critic reviews
"Dickinson brings the same richness of characterization that made his Baru Cormorant series (The Traitor Baru Cormorant, 2015) so compelling, but this one reads like a Michael Crichton thriller on psychedelics—in a good way."—Booklist, starred review
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- Dustin Firchow
- 04-27-24
Mind bending
Amazing story pulled me in and didn’t let go. Aliens that fight using narrative technomancy
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- bcomtom
- 03-13-24
The heavy handled moralizing is so tiresome after 100 pages.
This story bogged down so often with preachiness and repetitive moralizing. Sadly, it began so strong then kind of petered out.
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- Jablaster
- 05-15-24
Good start sorta, then downhill
People say the book has an incredible first contact scenario. I kinda disagree the literal first contact is made by a woman who walks past an alien and is basically like oh shit an alien I’m going to go poke it. Right.
The aliens don’t feel like aliens, this type 3 civilization is still going to rely on nukes? They are going to pick a few humans and torment them? Cmon dude.
Author is very obsessed with race, references la malinche in context of a character in the book who claims he is like la malinche because he sided with Cortez. The scenario in the book is not equal to the actual story of Cortez and la malinche and I think his obsession with race blinded him to that. The book is also incredibly unorganized jumping from place to place and to different points in time while giving the reader very few dates and you will only sync back up once the story line crosses with the previous one.
It is an engaging way to write but Jesus it’s annoying.
Anyways at about the half way point the book basically drops the pretense of being a sci-fi novel and shifts to a more war political thriller while being bogged down with everyone’s nationality and race for no reason as the only character who’s race actually factors into the story is Anna herself who is actually a good character, just every other character is a worse written Anna.
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- Cayton
- 02-26-24
A mess
The story gets wild is all I’ll say. Not sure it is what I’d call good. It feels like kingdom hearts but instead it’s aliens and politics and I don’t know what’s really going but kinda do. It feels very dramatic like a soap. Very dramatic. The dialogue is not great but sometimes you get wonderful descriptions. Other times you get strange pop culture references like a Jodie foster stare. The reading performance is good! Anyways, a mess. Do with that you will.
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- Juliet Starrett
- 03-19-24
Holy hell! Amazing on so many levels.
The writing is excellent. I felt like I was back in Gideon the Ninth in the first chapter. Then. Most EXCELLENT sci fi. The history, morality, and politics in the book make it singular. Lastly. The narrator is my all time fav.
10/10.
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- VcL
- 04-28-24
Sprawling, Action-Packed Leftist Hard Sci-Fi
Dickinson is justly lauded for his anticolonialist Renaissance-Fantasy epic, the Baru Cormorant trilogy. If you liked that series then you’ll love Exordia, because it’s the same basic type of story and characters and tropes, transposed to the genre of Alien Invasion Sci-Fi. And to shut up the haters, he’s filled it with nonstop military hoo-rah and pedantic multi-page lectures on quantum physics which explain how all the super-weapons and Black-Hole Drives work. With lots of numbers just to show that he did the math. Also there’s some wonky postmodern speculation about how mathematics are the foundation for Derridean narratives which facilitate both Free Will and the afterlife (and FTL? lol). Also, body horror. Also, nuclear war. Also, a ragtag band of heroes resisting an evil empire (yawn). Also, an astonishing number of geek-culture Easter Eggs. This guy REALLY wants to establish his SciFi bona fides while also lecturing us on critical theory by stealth. He needs an editor in the worst way, but it’s an enjoyable ride. Buckle up.
PS - the narrator for this audiobook could not have been a worse choice. She’s got a posh English accent that sounds ridiculous on every line of dialogue except the Aliens’.
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- Adam C. Shay
- 02-04-24
Incredible
Nobody does it like Dickinson. One of the most viscerally disturbing, yet profound experiences I’ve ever had with a book. Narration is great as well.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-22-24
What does it mean to do the right thing? Plus explosions and action!
Dickinson’s previous books helped me see how empires work (with swashbuckling action and great characters). This book made me think about what it means to do the right thing - with a generous helping of high tech shenanigans and great action. Dickinson’s aliens and world (universe) concept, lifted the top clean off my skull! And the delicious cherry on top, includes incredibly well explained (and beautifully explained) science & math that will make Three Body Problem fans salivate. There’s much more to this book. Finally, the narrator is excellent. Perfect choice for this book.
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- SVdWH
- 03-28-24
Insightful and innovative...
A study in human meaning, self determination, and free will cast against a poignat sci-fi backdrop. Hard science meets the human condition. Amazing work, fantastic narrator. I'm an instant fan.
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- cody
- 05-12-24
just great
witty, insightful, philosophical and politically complex, interwoven with many characters and through lines, well written, totally TOTALLY weird and fun to read, this book is just great.
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