Proxima
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Proxima
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Narrated by:
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Kyle McCarley
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By:
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Stephen Baxter
About this listen
The 27th century: Proxima Centauri, an undistinguished red dwarf star, is the nearest star to our sun - and (in this fiction), the nearest to host a world, Proxima IV, habitable by humans. But Proxima IV is unlike Earth in many ways. Huddling close to the warmth, orbiting in weeks, it keeps one face to its parent star at all times. The 'substellar point', with the star forever overhead, is a blasted desert, and the 'antistellar point' on the far side is under an ice cap in perpetual darkness. How would it be to live on such a world?
Yuri Jones, with 1,000 others, is about to find out...
PROXIMA tells the amazing tale of how we colonise a harsh new eden, and the secret we find there that will change our role in the Universe for ever.
Read by Kyle McCarley
(p) 2014 Tantor, Inc©2013 Stephen Baxter
Would you try another book written by Stephen Baxter or narrated by Kyle McCarley?
Probably not. There were times when characters launched off into "sermons" on the evils of nuclear war, the comparative evolutionary processes of contrived worlds or some other worthy opinion, all a bit tedious.The naration was unusual.
Did Kyle McCarley do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?
The best way to enjoy the naration was to imagine that in the 23rd century everyone may speak that way. Unfortunately they don't yet. There was an odd array of acsents, but they were different.Was Proxima worth the listening time?
Just about. By using General Mcgregor's maxim "God bless inverse square spreadings!" (does anyone really say that stuff?), by spreading out the story over a large area of space-time I got to the end.Any additional comments?
Others raive about this story, which clearly suggests I missed the point. So you may happily disregard my review. For me, I am very happy to leave the charaters hanging on the cliff at the end of this book for eternity."God bless inverse square spreadings!"
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Would you consider the audio edition of Proxima to be better than the print version?
Not really, beginning the listen but the reader is a bit irritating...What was one of the most memorable moments of Proxima?
Just beginning but wanted to warn people who are influenced by the quality of voice of readerWhat didn’t you like about Kyle McCarley’s performance?
He has an irritating aristocratic drawl. It sounds like he is reading the six o clock news. I am not usually this unkind in descriptions!Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes but only to get the listen over and done with.Any additional comments?
Story may well be okay. I'm biased from the first five minutes though.Reader Kyle...not sure how I'm going to enjoy thi
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Stop listening at chapter 89 and you'll love it.
Wonderful story until the final 2 minutes
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Just too long
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Proxima
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