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Eon

By: Greg Bear
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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Perhaps it wasn't from our time, perhaps it wasn't even from our universe, but the arrival of the 300-kilometer long stone was the answer to humanity's desperate plea to end the threat of nuclear war. Inside the deep recesses of the stone lies Thistledown: the remnants of a human society, versed in English, Russian and Chinese. The artifacts of this familiar people foretell a great Death caused by the ravages of war, but the government and scientists are unable to decide how to use this knowledge. Deeper still within the stone is the Way. For some the Way means salvation from death, for others it is a parallel world where loved ones live again. But, unlike Thistledown, the Way is not entirely dead, and the inhabitants hold the knowledge of a present war, over a million miles away, using weapons far more deadly than any that mankind has ever conceived.

©1985 Greg Bear (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Adventure Science Fiction Fiction War Russia Mind-bending Imperial Japan

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Great, stars like Rama, but then it veers off and is fantastic. Well read, a few strange pronunciations, but a great listen.

brilliant

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Great story and although I was unsure about the reader at first, the voice did grow on me after a little while.

Very good.

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Being around the sci-fi world, conventions, authors and serious fan boys/girls, in the mid-eighties, I remember hearing nothing but good things about Eon. So, I've now gotten around to reading it and all I can say is 'meh'. The first part was ok, pretty normal build-up, but then it went all technogeeky.
Words, unusual names and concepts are thrown at you like a seemingly neverending rainstorm. I have to admit, I did try to take it all in.... until I couldn't and I just let it all wash over me. More recent sci-fi authors do it better, knowing that they risk losing their audience otherwise. Thank goodness I haven't bought the sequel....oh hang on....😬

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this started most promising, but then for me dissipated its focus across too many parallel and largely unlinked plotlines. I struggled to care about all of them.
So, credible and consistent universe(s), good ideas. Worth the read but I hope the series regains focus.

Started awesome, dissipated a bit...

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I've long wanted to read Greg Bear and I might read more but this "epic" beginning to a series was disappointing. some of the ideas were good but I've read better in Iain M Banks. In fact at many times I felt like I was reading about the culture with the neural laces and AI and various technologies. But it never read as enjoyably and the characters were just papery.

The over-obsession with every little bit of military strategy and procedure throughout sections of the book was so boring. Along with that and what now seems such dated American v Russkies (good guys and bad guys) world politics, it just took me out of the otherwise interesting premise.

underwhelming over-militarised story

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