Slow Train to Arcturus

Name: Slow Train to Arcturus
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Eric Flint
ISBN: 9781977365248

Author: Eric Flint, Dave Freer

Narrator: Alex Knox

Unabridged: 11 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/11/2020

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Make Tracks to the Stars!

0 Ye civilized of Earth: send forth your outcasts, your primitive throwbacks, your religious fundamentalists, your sexual separatists—and heck, you can even toss in your totalitarian crackpots in the bargain. Pack them all in sealed habitats, rocket them into space, and pronounce good riddance to those lunatics, oddballs, and losers!

But if you happen to be an alien explorer stranded on that ship and looking to find a way home Well then, your one chance lies in seeking out the true iconoclasts in a sea of nutcase societies—for verily, it is only the absolutely original and terminally weird who shall inherit the stars!

Contains mature themes.

About Eric Flint

Eric Flint was a bestselling American author and editor celebrated for his influential contributions to science fiction and alternate history. He is best known as the creator of the Ring of Fire series, which begins with 1632, a landmark novel that reimagines a modern American town transported to seventeenth-century Europe. The series became a cornerstone of the genre, praised for its blend of rigorous historical detail, political realism, and expansive world-building.

Flint's writing frequently explored themes of social change, technology, and collective action, often emphasizing how ordinary people shape history under extraordinary circumstances. In addition to his novels, he was a longtime editor at Baen Books, where he championed innovative storytelling and supported emerging voices in speculative fiction. His collaborative projects and open-universe approach helped redefine how shared-world series could evolve.

Known for his clear, energetic prose and idea-driven narratives, Eric Flint's work translates especially well to audiobook format, where the scope and momentum of his stories shine. His legacy endures through a vast body of work that continues to engage listeners who enjoy intellectually stimulating, history-rich speculative fiction.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on March 02, 2014

From Publishers Weekly Flint and Freer's latest collaboration (after 2007's Pyramid Power) doesn't bring anything original to space opera, but its fast pace and pulpy premise make for an engaging if shallow adventure. When a vast relic made up of massive bubbles approaches a star system inhab......more

Goodreads review by Coyora on November 23, 2014

Read at least (2) times Quite. Funny. I went looking for another Freer book and actually hadn't realized that I'd read this one before. Philosophically it's really interesting. "The Brethren believe that all people have a better nature to appeal to. But I have decided it is not always possible to reac......more

Goodreads review by Larry on April 01, 2019

An interesting concept - sending habitats to colonize the Goldilocks Zone around stars reachable in a few hundred years - and then filling those habitats with people groups who don't care much for the way things are on earth, or whom Earth wants to get rid of. Then they're discovered by humanoid ali......more

Goodreads review by Howard on July 26, 2019

Aliens investigate a space ship in their system. It's from earth and consists of a series of "beads" with different isolated cultures that Earth was glad to get rid of. After entering a very primitive bead and having to escape, one alien goes through other beads, making friends and resolving problem......more

Goodreads review by David on October 06, 2022

One interesting idea bogged down by insipid characters (defined by one or two characteristics which they won't shut up about) a meandering plot and a deus ex machina that strains belief......more