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Crashing Heaven
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
A diamond-hard, visionary new SF thriller. Nailed-down cyberpunk a la William Gibson for the 21st century meets the vivid dark futures of Al Reynolds in this extraordinary debut novel.
With Earth abandoned, humanity resides on Station, an industrialised asteroid run by the sentient corporations of the Pantheon. Under their leadership a war has been raging against the Totality - ex-Pantheon AIs gone rogue.
With the war over, Jack Forster and his sidekick, Hugo Fist, a virtual puppet tied to Jack's mind and created to destroy the Totality, have returned home.
Labelled a traitor for surrendering to the Totality, all Jack wants is to clear his name, but when he discovers two old friends have died under suspicious circumstances he also wants answers. Soon he and Fist are embroiled in a conspiracy that threatens not only their future but all of humanity's.
But with Fist's software licence about to expire, taking Jack's life with it, can they bring down the real traitors before their time runs out?
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- R. Maines
- 24-04-16
Enjoyed it.
I stopped reading cyberpunk years ago so was a bit worried this 21st century cyberpunk novel would be a disappointment.
I shouldn't have, as this is an engrossing thriller set in a far future no humans live on Earth anymore.
Narration was good but I had to drop playback speed to x1.5 to understand the narrator.
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- Mr. M. Edwards
- 23-12-15
Fantastic new cyberpunk
One of the best cyberpunk books I've read in some time.
There are elements of Pinocchio weaved intp the noir story, and it's a funny book.
Highly recommended.
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- Tony
- 01-10-15
fast, furious fun.
I really enjoyed this blockbusting story. it read like a movie, with some really fun action, and lots of cool ideas. very cyber punk without being clunky. simple narrative isn't challenging, but is engaging.
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- Steve
- 26-08-16
doesn't exactly crash Heaven
Crashing Heaven is a techo sci fi, filled with decent ideas of AIs, gods and and semi alien race. It is a thriller and a predictable detective story. It holds together fairly well but marred by the excessive use of bad language.
Now, I'm not a prude and will accept it if it fits the character but here it is just too much of it. It became tiresome and started distracting from the story.
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- 20-07-15
Thoroghly enjoyable
Where does Crashing Heaven rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
As a fan of cyberpunk and sci fi its nice to see a new author coming into the scene.
What did you like best about this story?
I love Fist - dry and cutting the way I like a character
Which character – as performed by Thomas Judd – was your favourite?
Fist
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- Kaira
- 25-06-16
Neuromancer for the 21st Century
If you could sum up Crashing Heaven in three words, what would they be?
Dazzling. Original. Exciting
What was one of the most memorable moments of Crashing Heaven?
Landing in the "afterlife"
Which character – as performed by Thomas Judd – was your favourite?
as he did them all as they generally do, all of them.
Any additional comments?
This book may have just tipped Snow Crash into the No2 slot for best Cyberpunk novel ever, it really is very very good.
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