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Aurora

Written by: Kim Stanley Robinson
Narrated by: Ali Ahn
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Publisher's Summary

A major new novel from one of science fiction's most powerful voices, Aurora tells the incredible story of our first voyage beyond the solar system.

Brilliantly imagined and beautifully told, it is the work of a writer at the height of his powers.

Our voyage from Earth began generations ago.

Now we approach our new home.

Aurora.

©2015 Kim Stanley Robinson (P)2015 Hachette Audio

What the critics say

"This ambitious hard SF epic shows Robinson at the top of his game... [A] poignant story, which admirably stretches the limits of human imagination."—Publishers Weekly

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Interesting concept

good book by author

listened sped up 1.2 because some parts felt dragged out audio wise

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Magnificent!

Badly needed light in a world growing darker by the day. Also very entertaing despite the technical detail.

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Good ideas, not so good execution

Idea is great, however way too much time on statistics, numbers, theories. A little tech background helps create coherence, but you can hear only so many times the organic parts of a healthy soil, or how genetically a closed grpup of people end up by genetically suiciding. And one last thing, please close the story arc loops, too many loose ends.

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Awful propaganda filled nonsense

This book is very clearly written to be pro-China anti-Western anti-space advancement material.

Very disappointing to have a book that is supposed to be about colonizing other worlds to have an extreme left turn 70% through and misuse science to claim it's impossible.

A book only a far right wing conservative could find good.

First and only book I've ever requested to refund. Absolutely refuse to support an author with such horrible political views.

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