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Chasm City

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: John Lee
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Summary

Named one of the best novels of the year by both Locus and Science Fiction Chronicle, Alastair Reynolds's debut Revelation Space redefined the space opera. With Chasm City, Reynolds invites you to reenter the bizarre universe of his imagination as he redefines Hell.

The once-utopian Chasm City - a domed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet - has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted---from the people to the very buildings they inhabit---only the most wretched sort of existence remains. For security operative Tanner Mirabel, it is the landscape of nightmares through which he searches for a lowlife postmortal killer. But the stakes are raised when his search brings him face to face with a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forget.

©2008 Alastair Reynolds (P)2009 Tantor

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"Consistently startling.... Reynolds remains one of the hottest...SF writers around." ( Publishers Weekly)

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Reynolds at his best

Reynolds once again showing his fantastic ability to weave seemingly unconnected story lines into an epic conclusion, all performed beautifully be Lee. Onto the next!

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Loving these books

I’m new to Alastair Reynolds books. Started with 1st ‘Revelation’ book & working my way through in order.

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amazing ideas - but maybe too many of them?

i was captivated by chasm city - as in the setting. absolutely loved it - more than so many other sci fi settings. brilliant.
did the story really need all those weird twists and turns though?

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excellent performance

i found my first jaunt in this universe difficult to follow, however this story has a nicer structure than revelation space. the narration is excellent!

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Life is What You Make It

This story is brilliantly written and the convoluted plot needs to be listened to attentively. There has been critisism of the narrator, but although his diction is annunciated and sometimes theatrical for the main character does work if you let it. After all we are talking about alien humans. The minor characters take mant other accents, inclding Brummie, but you usually know whose speaking. Even when things get really complicated! The sf plot is memorable and although a slow burn overall, it is cut into chunks which have enough action to excite all the way through.

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assassins across the galaxy

well narrated with a dynamic plot line. however sudden jolts of scene change could have been made a bit smoother, unless that was the intention.

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Another story?!

Having read all of AR’s books to get to hear them read has given me a new set of stories. Of course you know the plot BUT JL’s narrative gives a different slant - fantastic!

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A must for Sci-fi lovers

Great book! Found it a bit difficult to imagine at times, but what Reynolds has created with this series is something extraordinary. A must for every sci-fi lover.

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what happened to the real baddy?

Lee is his usual self, great narrative voice but not the greatest range of accents. the story develops cleverly and keeps being a step or two ahead of the listener until the end. what happens to the original character? felt the story wasn't completed quite right. enjoyed the 20+ hrs of listening.

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Hi5 Alastair Lad!

In Short an Awesome book, well read, very good story, very good characters, I'm no expert but it gets my approval.

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