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The Hole
- Hard Science Fiction
- Narrated by: Daniel Thomas May
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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Summary
A mysterious object threatens to destroy our solar system. The survival of humankind is at risk, but nobody takes the warning of young astrophysicist Maribel Pedreira seriously. At the same time, an exiled crew of outcasts mines for rare minerals on a lone asteroid.
When other scientists finally acknowledge Pedreira's alarming discovery, it becomes clear that these outcasts are the only ones who may be able to save our world, knowing that the Hole hurtles inexorably toward the sun.
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- Alex Adams
- 03-04-24
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Explanation of the solution was inadequate. It would have been more satisfying narrative with more detail.
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- Craig
- 22-02-20
The Hole... Had plenty of holes.
Not his best work, poor on the ending too. Almost as if the author had given up the story only to finish it as fast as he could.
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- Daniel
- 11-01-24
Good performance with intriguing premise
Excellent performance, I enjoyed the premise, but the prose was very simple and the climax anti-climactic.
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- Mello
- 08-08-24
It was all going so well...
Genuinely interesting premise and I'd got a few hours in and was intrigued as to how this "Hard Science Fiction" story was going to deal with an apparently impossible situation of a black hole destroying all life.
Then out of the blue, the hero scientist suddenly remembers that billion year old wise alien living on the moon or something, why don't we ask that.
Given this is akin to invoking Gandalf I stopped listening and deleted.
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- Lee Hambleton
- 13-03-24
Exceptional story, unexceptionally told.
The concept ticked a lot of boxes for me, and I eagerly dived into this book. The story did not disappoint, from early on I wanted to see how this ended. Sadly, the writing was workmanlike at best. The characterisations and dialogue were especially bad. The players in this story seem to have been written by someone who doesn't get out much and can only imagine how people interact. Some of the behaviour exhibited later just does not fit the characters developed earlier on. The career focussed astronomer becoming a damsel in distress just didn't ring true and neither did the overwhelming, reason affecting, romance that developed between the main character and her cartoon counterpart. Cixin Liu this is not.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-01-24
interesting and cozy
learned a lot about space related theories. kept me interested the whole way. likable chatacters
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- robert fry
- 09-01-24
very enjoyable
some great characters and story. plus the performance was ace would recommend to anybody looking for a quick listen
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- Helen Louise Catt
- 12-03-24
Great story, good pace and great characters
Really enjoyed this well written and narrated story. Characters are likeable and full and it’s optimistic despite being tense. Plenty of science and cosmological elements to keep sci-Fi fans, like me, happy.
Some hilarious moments to be had with Siri and Alexa if you don’t use headphones to listen! :D
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- Bob Conrod
- 20-04-24
Mixed feelings
I read this and gave it five stars but I still have mixed feelings about this story. The way it’s written is kind of odd. I think it’s a mixture of maybe 1960s sci-fi with the current modern and the futuristic Mixing references to Current day science tools like JWST but then uses tech available today like FaceTimeing as if it were something new 50 years from now and uses references to places with names that would’ve been common 30 years ago our time, for instance like calling Beijing by the old name Peking. So while I did enjoy the story, I feel he must have been trying to give it what I can only describe as an art deco feel.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-10-24
A blockbuster!
A great story hopefully awaiting to become a movie. The science is present all the way, very subtle integrated in the unfolding of the events. Also wonderfully narrated.
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