Radio Sphere - Couverture souple

TerSteeg, Devin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0692489444 ISBN 13 : 9780692489444

Editeur : Rime Giant, 2015

Synopsis

The falling gyre that transfigured the Earth changed us too. You thought we were crazy. You thought we were alone.

A universe empty to us.

When we understood differently, you refused to. You tried to explain away the transmissions, but once we heard them, once we saw those alien images, once our planet was reduced and forced to reform, anarchy! A divide that became one sided and soon the ones like me had to make a decision.

The many chose to ignore and live with ignorance in their hearts. We few chose differently.

We chose to seek. We knew things would fall apart.

It took two secluded decades for us to build the ships. Ten times four million of us could have come, but we could not find enough willing to explore: the first alien species and us without wonder. The creature’s transmissions show us their lives, their location, and their love of Lucy.

A wonderful and surprising sci-fi meets mythology novella, "Radio Sphere" reveals the shy, maladjusted Elizabeth into the leader she must become amidst the dying, surreal landscape of Earth modified by a deranged alien.
Like others of their generation, she struggles to find meaning in the madness around her. She lives alone, until one day George, a young man seeking friendship, stumbles into her. Together they will leave the relative safety of Boston, seeking answers.

If you can hear me then you must be alive. You’re alive, right? That’s good. There aren’t many of us left. The water is looking at me again and I might need you.
The blue in the sky has burnt away and now it’s all brown, everything is brown, past, present, and future. I don’t know what I’m going to do. You’ll be my friend, right? Just us, in this whole big world.

Two hundred years into a post-apocalyptic world, humanity struggles with diminished resources and shrinking ambitions. Radiation has poisoned minds as well as matter, and people are running out of the critical supplies of civilization.
Meanwhile, a mysterious alien race observes the ruins of humanity and tries to make sense of what it sees.

Something has waited for 200 years to provide all the answers. Will Elizabeth and George survive their journey into the forgotten past? Or are some questions better left unasked?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Devin terSteeg is a man of finite, but altitudinous, stature. He is usually found in Minnesota hoping for radioactive spider bites or the end of winter; whichever comes first. Devin can often be found wondering where he is and wandering that where. Influenced by Ray Bradbury, George Saunders, Miranda July, Feodor Dostoevsky and the incredible Orson Welles.

Devin graduated with degrees in Writing and Humanities from Minnesota State University, Mankato and now works in the uplifting and creative world of corporations.

Not including the above-mentioned authors, his favorite books are Siddhartha, Good Omens, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle.

Non-fiction favorites include the Book of Five Rings, Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension, and A Brief History of Time.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rime Giant
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0692489444
• ISBN 13: 9780692489444
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 149
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg