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Redemption Ark
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 27 hrs and 18 mins
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"The best of the new breed of space opera. Wild action on a grand scale spans well-imagined and developed worlds." ( The Denver Post)
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- Michael
- 26-06-09
Well written and brilliantly read
Just to put things right this book is the SECOND in the series. There are other books in the same universe parrallel to this one. However this one continues the story on most directly from "Revelation space" Time has moved on though and new charecters take the lead. Its as fantastic as the first and exceptionaly well read. Can't wait for the next installment. Wikapedia has a good entry on Reynolds and all his books and short stories.
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- Tom
- 30-11-10
Good quality Hard SF
This is the sequel to 'Revelation Space', which was a truly terrific book. I enjoyed this one too but, frankly, it's not in the same league as 'Revelation Space' - narrative momentum does flag at times and the plot is not so skillfully knitted together, so you feel the length as it were. But still worth a listen.
The third book in the series 'Absolution Gap' is a mess by comparison - easily skipped.
John Lee does a fine job on the narration.
Recommended.
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- Ben Larson
- 27-09-20
Doesn't Live Up to Revelation Space
First off, as it wasn't obvious to me: the plot of this book follows on from Revelation Space. Chasm City is a side story that is only tangentially relevant to this one.
This book is a lot more about setting the scene for a space opera than about the plot. There is a lot of description and beautiful hard science (space battles at relativistic speeds was my favourite!), but the plot moves at a glacial pace and the characters are very one-dimensional and uninteresting.
I feel that Revelation Space built up to an incredible final score towards the end, which had my proverbial jaw on the floor for a long while; both Chasm City and Redemption Ark, by comparison, feel like they are building up to a similar crescendo, but it never comes, so it feels like the storylines all just fizzle out.
John Lee does a great job at giving the characters very distinct and compelling voices.
I'm going to try a Peter Hamilton book before attempting the next instalment here.
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- Kevin Gilmartin
- 14-04-16
Very enjoyable, but tedious in a few places
I got this as an audiobook because I really struggled with the print version. The overall story is great, but Reynolds needs to dial down the needless theoretical physics chat. Hard sci-fi is great, but not when it's so hard you need a physics degree to enjoy it.
Revelation Space and Chasm City weren't like that and they are excellent, so I have hopes for Absolution Gap.
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- Midgeslayer
- 20-10-21
Yawn-Fi
Pompous, ponderous and plain boring much of the time. Narrator is well chosen for this.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-08-19
Read this book years ago but forgot how good it is
Well narrated and gripping, a great entry in this saga and easy to listen too and get absorbed. Highly recommended.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-09-17
Great book
The story of the book is great and really enjoyable.
The narrator did a good job and this is well worth your time.
Enjoy it.
I certainly did
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- S.O.E.
- 23-02-24
the span of this story
I was an instant fan of Reynolds when i first read revelation space. This novel however is even better. It spans so much time and space, waeves fantastic, futuristic, yet somehow feasible technology into the story line that this could very well be i historic roman sent back from the far future.
Did I mention I liked it?
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- Mountainboy
- 03-11-23
Long winded and unsatisfactory conclusion.
The characters are well formed and you can get into the world well enough, but after a while you just don't care what happens to them. Just too many covoluted plot threads to care about and in the end it just fizzles out into what I suspect is a set up for a sequel. I wanted Ian M Banks but got a poor relation.
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- Allison Yates
- 31-10-23
Just brilliant
Loving all the books
Love the tech stuff and story line
Can’t wait to get into next one
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