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The problem in this sort of adventure story, where violence has been mostly eradicated, is well.the lack of violence – or the lack of the possibility of violence. And so begins a treasure hunt where we follow a trail of crumbs spanning the solar system to discover what crazy and mostly aloof Grandma was on about. A clue to what you ask, as did I? To another clue. Upon her death it is discovered she has left a clue in a safety deposit box for her family to follow. The real story occurs when the matriarch of the Akinya family, a major corporate power, dies. Try taking so much as a swing at anyone and the Mechanism assesses your intent and intervenes to prevent the completion of a violent act.īut this is all background. If you try to commit a violent act then “The Mechanism” the neural intranet that connects everyone can literally shut you down. We've also eliminated all crime and violence via “Mandatory Enhancements” - neural implants. We've also colonized the deepest oceans of earth with those colonists transforming themselves genetically into merwomen and mermen. The story also features space elevators and asteroid mining. We've only colonized the moon and Mars and certain moons of the major planets. Reynolds dials down the fantastical somewhat and ups the realism. So, in 150 years have we developed near light-speed travel and populated the far reaches of the galaxy? Nope. And if you are an elephant in a Reynolds book then you are an elephant with nanotech neural implants. Hey, why not? And though lions are for the most part absent, there are elephants. But we do start off in Africa, which 150 + years from now is the major super power and technological world leader of the day. Lions do not play a major role in this book. I may still need to visit a neuropractor for a complete clean and reboot.įortunately, this is not Alastair Reynold’s version of The Lion King. It still took all my meager powers of concentration to scan and quarantine the “A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh” virus that had infected my neural implants. What is the universe coming to!? Suffice to say, I did not spend a credit on the audio version.
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This doesn't even have John Lee as narrator. No no no no noooo! What is happening! This is not gothic space opera. Or so was my initial impression after listening to the Audible sample where the narration is accompanied by sweet African background music that had me humming some rendition of “In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.” It st This book is Reynolds take on The Lion King. Or so was my initial impression after listening to the Audible sample where the narration is accompanied by sweet African background music that had me humming some rendition of “In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight.” No no no no noooo! What is happening! This is not gothic space opera. This book is Reynolds take on The Lion King. Or shatter this near-utopia into shards.more But the secrets she died with are about to come back out into the open, and they could change everything. But little does Geoffrey realise - or anyone else in the family, for that matter - what he's about to unravel.Įunice's ashes have already have been scattered in sight of Kilimanjaro. After the death of Eunice, Geoffrey's grandmother, erstwhile space explorer and entrepreneur, something awkward has come to light on the Moon, and Geoffrey is tasked - well, blackmailed, really - to go up there and make sure the family's name stays suitably unblemished. But Geoffrey's family, the vast Akinya business empire, has other plans. One hundred and fifty years from now, in a world where Africa is the dominant technological and economic power, and where crime, war, disease and poverty have been banished to history, Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin.
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One hundred and fifty years from now, in a world where Africa is the dominant technological and economic power, and where crime, war, disease BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family across more than ten thousand years of future history.out beyond the solar system, into interstellar space and the dawn of galactic society. BLUE REMEMBERED EARTH is the first volume in a monumental trilogy tracing the Akinya family across more than ten thousand years of future history.out beyond the solar system, into interstellar space and the dawn of galactic society.