Chasm City [Audiobook, MP3 Audio, Unabridged] [MP3 CD]

Alastair Reynolds (Author), John Lee (Narrator)

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Publication Date: December 14, 2009

Named one of the best novels of the year by both Locus and Science Fiction Chronicle, Alastair Reynolds's debut Revelation Space redefined the space opera. With Chasm City, Reynolds invites you to reenter the bizarre universe of his imagination as he redefines Hell...The once-utopian Chasm City-a domed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet-has been overrun by a virus known as the Melding Plague, capable of infecting any body, organic or computerized. Now, with the entire city corrupted-from the people to the very buildings they inhabit-only the most wretched sort of existence remains. For security operative Tanner Mirabel, it is the landscape of nightmares through which he searches for a lowlife postmortal killer. But the stakes are raised when his search brings him face to face with a centuries-old atrocity that history would rather forget.

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About the Author

Born in Barry, South Wales, Alastair Reynolds studied at Newcastle and St. Andrew's Universities and has a Ph.D. in astronomy. A former astrophysicist for the European Space Agency, he now writes full-time. He is the author of many short stories and eight novels, including Revelation Space, which was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award; Chasm City, winner of the British Science Fiction Association's Award for Best Novel; and House of Suns. British narrator John Lee has read audiobooks in almost every conceivable genre, from Charles Dickens to Patrick O'Brian, and from the very real life of Napoleon to the entirely imagined lives of sorcerers and swashbucklers. He has won numerous Audie Awards and AudioFile Earphones Awards, and he was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile in 2009. Lee is also an accomplished stage actor and wrote and coproduced the feature films Breathing Hard and Forfeit.

Product Details

• MP3 CD
• Publisher: Tantor Media; Unabridged,MP3 - Unabridged CD edition (December 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400159563
• ISBN-13: 978-1400159567
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,189,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Super science fiction, July 20, 2009

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This review is from: Chasm City (Hardcover)

This was the first of Alistair Reynolds novels I read, and still my favorite. he quickly became my favorite modern SF author, and still is. It captures the best of science fiction and noir ambience, with intriguing characters and thought-provoking science speculation. The plot will keep you guessing and the characters gradually become more complex and thoughtful. Good fun too. This book will stand alone or as part of the Revelation Space series.