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Manhattan in Reverse

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Manhattan in Reverse

By: Peter F. Hamilton
Narrated by: Camilla Mathias, Damian Lynch, Sean Barrett, Steve Hodson
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Summary

Across seven original tales from master of science fiction Peter F. Hamilton, Manhattan in Reverse offers captivating glimpses into incredible worlds – with characters old and new.

'Each short story has enough ideas for a whole novel' – Ken Follett, author of The Pillars of the Earth

Following the events of Judas Unchained, Paula Myo returns. In the title story Manhattan in Reverse, the detective is on the case of a species believed to be without sentience – until it attacks the human colonisers. And, in The Demon Trap, Paula is dispatched to investigate a terrorist attack – and a motive that will be hard to unravel. Elsewhere, Watching Trees Grow tells of a murder in an alternative 1800s Oxford, and The Forever Kitten raises questions of eternal youth – and the sacrifices required to pursue it.

With all his usual brilliantly conceived storytelling, Peter F. Hamilton’s talents are on full display in Manhattan in Reverse.

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A must for Commonwealth saga readers.
Keep reading to the end to finally find out the connection between The Sheldon's and Inspector Mao. (Didn't see THAT coming!).

Another fantastic (if short) intriguing novel!

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would recommend it to any friend who enjoys Peter F.Hamilton's work and ideally who has already read about the starflyer war in Peter's earlier books on the Commonwealth.

What other book might you compare Manhattan in Reverse to, and why?

This is a book of short stories but the style is still all Peter. So a comparable book would be Judas Unchained.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

Narration was good but I did have the odd double take on some of the accents - especially as I've listened to the Void series and some of the characters in the short stories are the same ones in the Void books but with a different narrator's interpretation of their voices. However the quality of the narration was good.

Any additional comments?

An excellent listen.

A really nice listen

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These stories all stand alone really well, and some of them fill gaps hinted at in the Commonwealth books. The problem is the narration. In particular, Demon Trap is narrated by someone who would be well suited to telling children fairy tales, but his tone and characterisation is far from appropriate for science fiction. Paula Myo is in no way as diffident as he makes her, and I doubt Christabel Halgarth is either. I admit that anyone who isn’t John Lee has an uphill battle to narrate SF well, but this narrator falls well short.

More excellent stories from Peter F

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first narrator I found to be too flat, lacking the depth of voice which gives the story gravitas.

good but.

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solid writing from an excellent author, and well performed. good to visit some old friends and make some new ones. recommended for Hamilton fans.

well worth a listen

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