All the Birds in the Sky

Name: All the Birds in the Sky
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Charlie Jane Anders
ISBN: 9781501904455

Author: Charlie Jane Anders

Narrator: Alyssa Bresnahan

Unabridged: 12 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/26/2016

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary, Science Fiction

Synopsis

From the former editor-in-chief of io9.com, a stunning Nebula Award–winning and Hugo–shortlisted novel about the end of the world—and the beginning of our future

An ancient society of witches and a hipster technological startup go to war in order to prevent the world from tearing itself apart. To further complicate things, each of the groups’ most promising followers (Patricia, a brilliant witch and Laurence, an engineering “wunderkind”) may just be in love with each other.

As the battle between magic and science wages in San Francisco against the backdrop of international chaos, Laurence and Patricia are forced to choose sides.

But their choices will determine the fate of the planet and all mankind.

In a fashion unique to Charlie Jane Anders, All the Birds in the Sky offers a humorous and, at times, heartbreaking exploration of growing up extraordinary in a world filled with cruelty, scientific ingenuity, and magic.

“The book is full of quirkiness and playful detail … but there’s an overwhelming depth and poignancy to its virtuoso ending.”—NPR

Entertainment Weekly‘s 27 Female Authors Who Rule Sci-Fi and Fantasy Right Now • Winner of the 2017 Nebula Award for Best Novel • Finalist for the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novel • Paste‘s 50 Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far) List

About Charlie Jane Anders

Charlie Jane Anders is the author of Victories Greater Than Death, the first book in the young-adult Unstoppable trilogy, along with the short story collection Even Greater Mistakes. Her other books include The City in the Middle of the Night and All the Birds in the Sky. Her fiction and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, McSweeney's, Mother Jones, the Boston Review, Tor.com, Tin House, Conjunctions, Wired Magazine, and other places. Her TED Talk, "Go Ahead, Dream About the Future" got 700,000 views in its first week. With Annalee Newitz, she co-hosts the podcast Our Opinions Are Correct.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily May on May 20, 2018

This is one weirdass book. A good kind of weird, but it definitely isn't for everyone. All the Birds in the Sky transcends genres, refusing to find its place anywhere - is it sci-fi? Paranormal/fantasy? Dystopian/alternate world? Magical realism? In truth, it's some of all of those. A quirky and stra......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 06, 2016

"Indestructible" Or to put it in milder terms, "I just got ran over by a mac truck." This novel is just too important to miss, whether or not you're into SF or Fantasy, because it is both. It's a long and delightful and REAL conversation between the two, a heartfelt exploration and a synthesis, a hear......more

Goodreads review by Wil on July 03, 2018

One of the best books I have read in ages, easily in the top three I've read this year.......more

Goodreads review by Will on January 01, 2025

Self-awareness paradoxically requires an awareness of the other A magical savant, a super genius, the world on the brink of eco-apocalypse, possible ways out, or are the solutions as dangerous as the problem? and young love. What’s not to like? Laurence Amstead is your basic pre-ad tech genius,......more

Goodreads review by Roxane on September 16, 2017

What a wildly imaginative, delightful novel. I had no idea what to expect from this book but I was just thrilled with this book from the beginning to the end. Patricia and Laurence, who meet each other as kids and develop a friendship of convenience that becomes much more by the end of the novel, ar......more