Steel Beach

Name: Steel Beach
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 2 (1 reviews)
Author: John Varley
ISBN: 9781977338808

Author: John Varley

Narrator: David Stifel

Unabridged: 23 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/28/2019

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

A science fiction epic from "the best writer in America" (Tom Clancy)—Hugo and Nebula award-winning author John Varley.

Fleeing Earth after an alien invasion, the human race stands on the threshold of evolution. Their new home is Luna, a moon colony blessed with creature comforts, prolonged lifespans, digital memories, and instant sex changes.

But the people of Luna are bored, restless, suicidal—and so is the computer that monitors their existence . . .

About John Varley

John Varley is the author of Slow Apocalypse, the Gaean Trilogy (Titan, Wizard, and Demon), Steel Beach, The Golden Globe, Red Thunder, Mammoth, Red Lightning, and Rolling Thunder. He has won both the Nebula and Hugo awards for his work.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry

The most painful opening sentence in a novel, in the history of literature (well for half the human race, not recommended for the sensitive) forgive me if I don't go into grisly details. Great premise, humans living on the moon what is better than this. The Lunarians, don't call them loonies, they r......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

What a delightful surprise! Varley is one hell of an idea-prolific SF author who never rests on any old plotline but continually stretches his wings over new shores. So far, I've read five of his novels and I'm frankly rather blown away each time by each in turn. Why? Because he's more interested in......more

Goodreads review by David

John Varley first appeared on the SF scene in 1975 with a flurry of powerful, creative, and evocative short stories that established him as a major talent. In 1977 he published his first novel, and shortly thereafter received his first Hugo and Nebula Awards for “The Persistence of Vision.” By 1980......more