Neom

Name: Neom
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Lavie Tidhar
ISBN: 9781666624960

Author: Lavie Tidhar

Narrator: Rasha Zamamiri

Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 11/15/2022

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, World Literature, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

The city known as Neom is many things to many beings, human or otherwise. Neom is a tech wonderland for the rich and beautiful, an urban sprawl along the Red Sea, and a port of call between Earth and the stars. In the desert, young orphan Elias has joined a caravan, hoping to earn his passage off-world from Central Station. But the desert is full of mechanical artefacts, some unexplained and some unexploded. Recently, a wry unnamed robot has unearthed one of the region’s biggest mysteries: the vestiges of a golden man. In Neom, childhood affection is rekindling between loyal shurta-officer Nasir and hardworking flower-seller Mariam. But Nasu, a deadly terror-artist, has come to the city with missing memories and unfinished business. Just one robot can change a city’s destiny with a single rose—especially if that robot is in search of lost love.

About Lavie Tidhar

Lavie Tidhar is an award-winning author of literature, science fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, and middle-grade fiction. The editor of the Apex Best of World Science Fiction series and a columnist for The Washington Post, he received the Campbell, Xingyun, and Neukom awards for his novel Central Station. A visiting professor and writer-in-residence at the American International University, he currently resides with his family in London.

About Rasha Zamamiri

Rasha Zamamiri is an actress, a singer, and a voiceover artist who was born in the Middle East and raised all over the world. She has a vast knowledge of cultures, customs, and religions, which have helped her character portrayals on stage, on TV, and in the booth. She was also the first Muslim featured in a national commercial wearing the hijab, which was televised during the Super Bowl, Olympics, and multiple national events.

Reviews

Goodreads review by BJ

I enjoyed this, especially in the second half, when the story came together. But overall, I was underwhelmed. There are a few ideas I loved—the terrorartists, for example, who turn mass death into art, highlighting one of the book's most interesting themes: the aesthetic qualities of extreme violenc......more

Goodreads review by Shirin

PUBLICATION DAY! “The hardest thing to kill is truth.” This is Central Station, As far as the future and who can say how distant that is? Beyond Central Station, in the old Saudi desert, where a vast spaceport links Earth to the teeming world of the solar system, there is a city called Neom. This is a t......more

Goodreads review by Gabrielle

"Somewhere between Bethlehem and Mecca lay Neom, city of futurity, where fortunes are made, and faiths are lost." Leave it to Tidhar to write a far-future sci-fi fable about a messianic robot. Honestly, that could be the whole review: if that concept doesn’t intrigue you, or if you’ve read Tidhar befo......more

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange)

4.0 Stars This was a lovely piece of science fiction, set in the world of Central Station. I haven't read that novel yet, but I definitely want to now. In terms of pacing, this one is very slow. In fact, the plot really takes a backseat to the worldbuilding. This is where the book shines. I loved spen......more