Julian Comstock
A Story of 22nd-Century America

Name: Julian Comstock
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (1 reviews)
Author: Robert Charles Wilson
ISBN: 9781427206787

Author: Robert Charles Wilson

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 20 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Published: 06/09/2009

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

In the reign of President Deklan Comstock, a reborn United States is struggling back to prosperity. Over a century after the Efflorescence of Oil, after the Fall of the Cities, after the False Tribulation, after the days of the Pious Presidents, the sixty stars and thirteen stripes wave from the plains of Athabaska to the national capital in New York. In Colorado Springs, the Dominion sees to the nation's spiritual needs. In Labrador, the Army wages war on the Dutch. America, unified, is rising once again.

Then out of Labrador come tales of the war hero "Captain Commongold." The masses follow his adventures in the popular press. The Army adores him. The President is...troubled. Especially when the dashing Captain turns out to be his nephew Julian, son of the President's late brother Bryce--a popular general who challenged the President's power, and paid the ultimate price.

As Julian ascends to the pinnacle of power, his admiration for the works of the Secular Ancients sets him at fatal odds with the Dominion. Treachery and intrigue will dog him as he closes in on the accomplishment of his lifelong ambition: to make a film about the life of Charles Darwin.

About Robert Charles Wilson

Robert Charles Wilson was born in California and lives in Toronto. His novel Spin won science fiction’s Hugo Award in 2006. Earlier, he won the Philip K. Dick Award for his debut novel A Hidden Place; Canada’s Aurora Award for Darwinia; and the John W. Campbell Award for The Chronoliths.

About Scott Brick

Scott Brick first began narrating audiobooks in 2000, and after recording almost 400 titles in five years, AudioFile magazine named Brick a Golden Voice and “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy.” He has read a number of titles in Frank Herbert’s bestselling Dune series, and he won the 2003 Science Fiction Audie Award for Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. Brick has narrated for many popular authors, including Michael Pollan, Joseph Finder, Tom Clancy, and Ayn Rand. He has also won over 40 AudioFile Earphones Awards and the AudioFile award for Best Voice in Mystery and Suspense 2011. In 2007, Brick was named Publishers Weekly’s Narrator of the Year. Brick has performed on film, television and radio. He appeared on stage throughout the United States in productions of Cyrano, Hamlet, Macbeth and other plays. In addition to his acting work, Brick choreographs fight sequences, and was a combatant in films including Romeo and Juliet, The Fantasticks and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He has also been hired by Morgan Freeman to write the screenplay adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sandi on November 13, 2009

I really don't know what to say about this terrific book. It's the fourth book I've read by Robert Charles Wilson and the best by far. (I really didn't think he could top Spin.) Let's be clear that this book is not about Julian Comstock. It is about the narrator, a young man named Adam Hazzard. Alon......more

Goodreads review by Clay on January 28, 2011

Back in 1964, Gore Vidal wrote a very good historical fiction novel called “Julian”, which was based on the life of Roman emperor Flavius Claudius Julianus, whose brief reign was from 360-363 CE. Julian the Apostate, as he was known by his Christian enemies, tried to turn the empire away from Christ......more

Goodreads review by Liviu on July 23, 2014

This is just a superb book written in a very quiet and understated manner. I *had* to reread it twice, it was so compelling that I could not leave its characters and universe easily. Set in a late 22nd century USA, essentially - 2172-2176 - with glimpses from the past and an epilogue some years lat......more

Goodreads review by Nzric on January 28, 2012

I had high hopes for this novel. The idea and the overall plot is very strong, and the world is well imagined, but overall this story has the feel of something that was outlined in an essay format and stamped out in a formula. Likes: - Consistent style of writing, the 'period' language is consistent t......more

Goodreads review by Norman on October 01, 2011

Expanded from his Hugo-nominated novella Julian: A Christmas Story, Robert Charles Wilson has crafted a magnificent future history that is a compelling and somewhat chilling vision of what America could become. As I recall, I did not enjoy the original novella very much because it was difficult to p......more

Quotes

“Astute, romantic, philosophical, compassionate, and often uproariously funny, Julian Comstock may be Wilson's best book yet” —Cory Doctorow

“It's like Margaret Atwood meets The Wild Wild West.” —SciFiDimensions

“Robert Charles Wilson is a hell of a storyteller.” —Stephen King

Awards

John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Second Place
Locus Awards - Nominee
Hugo Award - Nominee

Julian Comstock A Story of 22nd-Century America