Terminal World, Alastair Reynolds
Terminal World, Alastair Reynolds
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Terminal World

Author: Alastair Reynolds

Narrator: John Lee

Unabridged: 19 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/07/2010

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different—and rigidly enforced—level of technology.

Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong, Quillon has been living incognito, working as a pathologist in the district morgue. But when a near-dead angel drops onto his dissecting table, Quillon's world is wrenched apart one more time. If Quillon is to save his life, he must leave his home and journey into the cold and hostile lands beyond Spearpoint's base, starting an exile that will take him further than he could ever imagine. But there is far more at stake than just Quillon's own survival, for the limiting technologies of the zones are determined not by governments or police but by the very nature of reality—and reality itself is showing worrying signs of instability.

About Alastair Reynolds

Born in Barry, South Wales, Alastair Reynolds studied at Newcastle University and the University of St. Andrews. A former astrophysicist for the European Space Agency, he now writes full-time. He is the author of many short stories and twelve novels, including Chasm City, winner of the British Science Fiction Association Award for Best Novel, and House of Suns.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Felicia on April 03, 2011

I dunnnnno. I am in love with "House of Suns", the other book I've read by this author, so I went into this with high expectations. I honestly didn't understand a lot of what was going on, the world was so confusing, it seemed to contradict itself SO MUCH as time went on. I found it extremely hard t......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on June 05, 2019

It's really quite amazing how much imagination can be crammed into these books. It begins like a heist novel exploring a tower-of-babel-like city full of the fascinating inventions and unexplained forced-technological restrictions. The topmost layers allow for the most impressive levels of high-tech......more

Goodreads review by David on July 16, 2014

This is an exciting science fiction story with a steam-punk flavor. I like the book because first, it is not transparent to the reader what is about to happen next and second, it is filled with unusual ideas and concepts that are not seen in other stories of this genre. A number of groups of "people......more

Goodreads review by Mark on December 26, 2014

This is the second book in Alastair's "Terminal" trilogy. The first instalment, "Terminal Soul", tells the story of how the schism amongst the angels, the most advanced society in the technologically zoned city of Spearpoint, culminates in a plot to infiltrate the lower civilisations in that vast me......more

Goodreads review by Jason on January 27, 2015

5 Stars Terminal World by Alastair Reynolds is a science fiction and steampunk blast of an adventure. Alastair Reynolds is one of my very favorite authors today. Normally he writes intelligent, hard science space operas that tend not to be easy reads. Terminal World is not one of those novels. This i......more