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The Medusa Chronicles

By: Stephen Baxter, Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: Peter Kenny
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Following an accident that almost cost him his life, Howard Falcon was not so much saved as he was converted, through the use of prosthetics, into something faster, stronger and smarter...but also slightly less human and more machine than he was. And with this change came an opportunity - that of piloting a mission into Jupiter's atmosphere and ultimately of making first contact with the life forms he discovers there.

Picking up the threads of humanity versus artificial intelligence and machines, and of encounters with the alien, this collaborative novel between two superb writers is a sequel to Howard Falcon's adventures.

A proper science fiction adventure, this is perfect for fans of Golden Age SF as well as the modern SF listener.

Read by Peter Kenny.

©2016 Stephen Baxter & Dendrocopos Limited (P)2016 Orion Publishing Group Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Fiction

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Great story worthy of two great authors. Engaging to the end.
Great performance as well with perfect accents throughout.

Great story worthy of two great authors.

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Oh dear, during chaper 9 I gave up for the last time; the story didn't grip or appeal and i lost the will to keep on listening.

Tedious, goes nowhere very slowly

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Loved it. Tied up a lot of other stories that ended too short. Twenty words? That's a bit much for a man of only a few.

Great Story

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Not a fan of Stephen Baxter but am a fan of Alastair Reynolds particularly his machine dystopian work. So was worried with a very lack lustre, no detail, almost comic book start. However, things really tightened up to make it a good read. Peter Kenny to a very able job of narrator, but I personally would of preferred a bit more range and gravitas

Very good after a week start

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Great in all respects from a well concieved and exciting plot, with interesting lead characters and fantastic narration.

sublime

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Good story
Main characters voice good but most other characters voices seemed to be at double speed. Very odd and difficult to listen to at times. Maybe a technical problem?

Ok but narration odd

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I felt the characters were very two-dimensional not a typical Alastair Reynolds book I don't know about Stephen Baxter as I've never read any of his books before.

The plot was very predictable, it only really got good in the last few chapters. The best thing about this audiobook was Peter Kenny who did superb performance as usual.




This was no chasm City

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I really enjoyed the nearly familiar characters and the long life scenarios. so thoughtfully written with a well paced and not overly complicated plot. a great book to pick up and put down. I dipped in and out over a couple of weeks and my enjoyment didn't suffer.

bravo!

unexpected rich story arcs that combine well

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not a bad story, enjoyed it enough but felt it could have had a little more depth

a reasonable space opera

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A ripping yarn about one man and his observations, and contributions, over 500 years of human/machine future history.

What an odyssey! *wink*

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