Dreams Before the Start of Time, Anne Charnock
Dreams Before the Start of Time, Anne Charnock
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Dreams Before the Start of Time

Author: Anne Charnock

Narrator: Susan Duerden, Derek Perkins

Unabridged: 6 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/18/2017


Synopsis

Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award.In a near-future London, Millie Dack places her hand on her belly to feel her baby kick, resolute in her decision to be a single parent. Across town, her closest friend—a hungover Toni Munroe—steps into the shower and places her hand on a medic console. The diagnosis is devastating.In this stunning, bittersweet family saga, Millie and Toni experience the aftershocks of human progress as their children and grandchildren embrace new ways of making babies. When infertility is a thing of the past, a man can create a child without a woman, a woman can create a child without a man, and artificial wombs eliminate the struggles of pregnancy. But what does it mean to be a parent? A child? A family?Through a series of interconnected vignettes that spans five generations and three continents, this emotionally taut story explores the anxieties that arise when the science of fertility claims to deliver all the answers.

About Anne Charnock

Anne Charnock's writing career began in journalism. Her articles appeared in the Guardian, New Scientist, International Herald Tribune, and Geographical. Her debut novel, A Calculated Life, was a finalist for the 2013 Philip K. Dick Award and the 2013 Kitschies Golden Tentacle Award. Her second novel, Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind, was included in the Guardian's "Best science fiction and fantasy books of 2015." Learn more at www.annecharnock.com, on Twitter @annecharnock, and on Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/annecharnock.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jaylia3

This captivating series of linked stories starts in the future and continues moving forward in time, exploring the ways plausible (if sometimes disturbing) advances in conception and birth options would change individual lives and the relationships between family members and lovers. The book spans s......more

Goodreads review by Vee

I was expecting something spectacular. This book did not develop. I actually found the technological aspects to be really cool but that was the only positive thing about this novel. Based on the premise, I was expecting a very character-driven story that explores complex relationships and emotions b......more

Goodreads review by Laurie

The world needs more feminist science fiction. Anne Charnock's take on what the ethics of reproduction might look like in the near and distant future is interesting and refreshing. This is the type of subject that easily lends itself to dystopian darkness of the type represented by The Handmaid’s Ta......more

Goodreads review by Bon Tom

Between 2 and 3, in all honesty. Too many characters, epochs, places and continents... that are supposed to be interconnected, but barely are to the extent I wondered at times whether I'm reading collection of stories or one unified novel... Far too little clarity or writing. Nice idea, interesting......more