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Light
- Narrated by: Paul Thornley
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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Summary
Listed by the Guardian as one of the top 100 science fiction books of the 21st century.
On the barren surface of an asteroid, located deep in the galaxy beneath the unbearable light of the Kefahuchi Tract, lie three objects: an abandoned spacecraft, a pair of bone dice covered with strange symbols, and a human skeleton.
What they are and what they mean are the mysteries explored and unwrapped in LIGHT, M. John Harrison's triumphant novel.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Paul Trembath
- 23-10-23
TW gendered violence
I am about 5 hours into this, and it seems pretty good in general, though lately my attention is inconsistent so I may need a re-listen to form a fair opinion. The narration seems fairly seamless with no obvious annoyances. The worst thing I recollect just now is one idiosyncratic pronunciation ("brillian-Tyne"), which counts as mostly harmless.
The reason I might not listen to it twice, or even finish it the first time, is something the Audible blurb doesn't foreshadow, which another site puts as "Michael Kearney is a serial killer on the run from the entity that drives him to kill". There are several jarring descriptions of mostly gendered violence - not lovingly detailed, but quite clear enough - set on Earth in the present day, more or less. There is also some future violence, but that doesn't feel (to me) as immediate or disturbing.
I don't doubt this is entirely justifiable and a necessary part of the narrative, but I'd have appreciated some warning, and so might you.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Dave
- 12-10-23
Oblique, beautiful & hugely entertaining
A master at work: a ripping space opera and a deeply affecting meditation on everything.
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