Further, Chris Roberson
Further, Chris Roberson
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Further
Beyond the Threshold

Author: Chris Roberson

Narrator: Jeff Crawford

Unabridged: 8 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/22/2012

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Humankind is spread across three thousand light years in a myriad of worlds and habitats known as the Human Entelechy. Linked by a network of wormholes with Earth at its center, it is the world Captain RJ Stone awakens to after a twelve-thousand-year cryogenic suspension. Stone soon finds himself commanding the maiden voyage of the first spacecraft to break the light speed barrier: the FTL Further. In search of extraterrestrial intelligence, the landing party explores a distant pulsar only to be taken prisoner by the bloodthirsty Iron Mass, a religious sect exiled from the Entelechy millennia before. Now Stone and his crew must escape while they try to solve the riddle of the planet’s network of stone towers that may be proof of the intelligence they’ve come to find. The first in critically acclaimed author Chris Roberson’s scintillating new series, Further: Beyond the Threshold is a fascinating ride to the farthest reaches of the imagination.

About Chris Roberson

New York Times bestselling writer Chris Roberson is best known for his Eisner-nominated ongoing comic book series iZombie, co-created with artist Mike Allred, and for multiple Cinderella mini-series set in the world of Bill Willingham’s Fables. He has written more than a dozen novels and numerous short stories, as well as numerous comic projects including Superman, Elric: The Balance Lost, Star Trek/Legion of Super-Heroes, and Memorial. Roberson lives with his wife and daughter in Austin, Texas.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kerry

I’m torn on how to review this book. I think it is wildly imaginative. For instance, the premise is great—a deep space explorer is woken from cryogenic suspension later than he expected. Sure, that notion has been used before in everything from Rip Van Winkle to Buck Rogers to Aliens. But what sets......more

Goodreads review by TheBookSmugglers

Originally reviewed on The Book Smugglers In the 22nd century, Captain Ramachandra Jason ("RJ") Stone and a small crew of five others embarked on a perilous but hopeful journey to the stars - spending the 10 light-year journey in cryogenic sleep en route to Alpha Centauri B. When RJ awakens, however,......more

Goodreads review by Chip

Not a particularly deep book but it's lots of fun. A good portion of the book, we are following the main character around looking at cool futuristic things or ideas. Roberson's description of these objects are incredible but it doesn't make for much of a story. Only in the last 3rd of the book does......more

Goodreads review by Tony

I first heard of this book on Winchell Chung's Atomic Rockets website. It's an adventure in a thrilling new universe reminiscent of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. In the 22nd century, Ramachandra Jason Stone enters cryosleep, the captain of a four-person crew on an expedition to an earthlike plane......more

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