Z, Charles L. Fontenay
Z, Charles L. Fontenay
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Z
They Were One Person—Split by the Laws of Physics

Author: Charles L. Fontenay

Narrator: Scott Miller

Unabridged: 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Scott Miller

Published: 11/14/2022

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Some encounters refuse to stay neatly in the past. When two bewildering strangers appear during a violent storm, their presence quietly unsettles everything that follows, pulling one man into years of intimacy, responsibility, and doubt he never sought. What begins as an act of kindness becomes a long, uneasy vigil as time itself behaves in ways that no one involved can fully anticipate or control.The story unfolds gradually, replacing shock with something more unnerving: familiarity without certainty. Relationships deepen, age moves in unexpected directions, and private moments take on meanings that only become clear much later. Every decision carries weight, not because of what is known, but because of what cannot yet be understood—and may never be escaped.Charles L. Fontenay was a prolific contributor to American science fiction magazines from the 1940s through the 1960s, with stories appearing in Astounding Science Fiction, Galaxy, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Amazing Stories. His work frequently blended speculative science with intimate, character-driven consequences. Z stands as one of his most daring constructions, quietly building a deeply personal crisis around ideas that normally remain abstract.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on October 24, 2019

Zombie stories are their own subgenre of science fiction; we're fascinated by the human body reanimating after death. Every storyteller's version of a world infiltrated by zombies has a different explanation for how it got that way, and these details are much of what determines if a work of zombie f......more

Goodreads review by Tina on October 08, 2010

Original post at One More Page One of our favorite past times/stress busters at work is zombie killing. No, seriously. Whenever we (namely Grace and I) find ourselves extremely stressed at work, and we have some money left, we'd troop over to Timezone (the nearest arcade at work) and start hogging th......more

Goodreads review by Raina on March 23, 2016

Solid zombie fic for the middle school set. Josh lives in a world after zombies. Fifteen years ago, before he was born, a zombie virus ripped through society. Now - to him -- they're a memory from the distant past. Josh himself enjoys playing simulated video games - killing zombies. His mom, on the......more

Goodreads review by Zombieslayer⚡Alienhunter on June 11, 2017

It's been a while- fifteen years or more- since the earth was plagued by a virus. This virus, piggybacked on common influenza, turned its victims feral and lit up the sensation center of the brain (sometimes called the reptilian center because of its size in lizards) like freaking Christmas. "They wer......more

Goodreads review by The Reading Raccoon on June 25, 2019

Read for Popsugar 2019 LitRPG but I don’t think it will apply. There is a video game but minimal discussion of scores, rank, etc. Average teen zombie book. None of the characters were particularly engaging.......more

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