The Outside
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The Outside
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Narrated by:
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Nancy Wu
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By:
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Ada Hoffmann
About this listen
Humanity's super-intelligent AI gods brutally punish breaches in reality, as one young scientist discovers, in this intense and brilliant space opera.
Autistic scientist Yasira Shien has developed a radical new energy drive that could change the future of humanity. But when she activates it, reality warps, destroying the space station and everyone aboard. The AI gods who rule the galaxy declare her work heretical, and Yasira is abducted by their agents. Instead of simply executing her, they offer mercy - if she'll help them hunt down a bigger target: her own mysterious, vanished mentor.
With her homeworld's fate in the balance, Yasira must choose who to trust: the gods and their ruthless post-human angels, or the rebel scientist whose unorthodox mathematics could turn her world inside out.
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Critic reviews
"Hoffmann confidently layers morality and disability rights into a breezily told adventure that bursts with sheer fun.... This beautifully smart, uncynical space opera will charm fans of Charles Stross and Lois McMaster Bujold." (Publishers Weekly)
Excellent audio adaptation!
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Really good
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It was a interesting approach and after many books i found it refreshing.
A bit confusing at times, many open questions and i would have liked more.
Definitely worth a listen.
Very interesting and original
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This was a pleasant surprise and I’m going to go off and buy book 2.
Cool combination..
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an author with her own original ideas
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Started to drag towards the end
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Reviewers, stop using woke as a pejorative, you've no idea. 🙄
Not my cup of tea.
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Even the mix of science and religion, which usually I abhor, it is well fit and executed and logical. The inclusion of diversity was seamless, sensible, caring. I could relate to the main character in several aspects, being autistic myself.
In love with the story and how everything fits together
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I felt they were very under explored, and most of the book was spent on the protagonist being insuffrably broken, unproductive and generaly annoying.
She is suppousedly autistic, though I didn't feel it at all.
Overall great wasted ideas.
Some good ideas, poorly explored, poorlt executed.
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I got as far the part where the shape shifting being (an allegory for trans) deliberates over which pronouns it should use. Perhaps if I'd checked out the author beforehand, I could have saved myself the ordeal of cringing my own lower jaw off but sadly, i didn't think to do this. I'll be more wary the next time and try to find some books without the ideological propaganda (something that is getting increasingly difficult on Audible).
That being said, If you like your science fiction in the form of PR for Autistic Lesbian then this is the book for you.
Ideological twaddle
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