Arkwright (Unabridged)
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- $21.99
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
Written by a highly regarded expert on space travel and exploration, Allen Steele's Arkwright features the precision of hard science fiction with a compelling cast of characters.
In the vein of classic authors such as Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke, Nathan Arkwright is a seminal author of the 20th century. At the end of his life he becomes reclusive and cantankerous, refusing to appear before or interact with his legion of fans. Little does anyone know, Nathan is putting into motion his true timeless legacy. Convinced that humanity cannot survive on Earth, his Arkwright Foundation dedicates itself to creating a colony on an earthlike planet several light-years distant. Fueled by Nathan's legacy, generations of Arkwrights are drawn together - and pulled apart - by the enormity of the task and weight of their name.
This is classic, epic science fiction and engaging character-driven storytelling that will appeal to devotees of the genre as well as fans of current major motion pictures such as Gravity and Interstellar.
Customer Reviews
Relationship drama, not a science fiction book
I have listened to 13 chapters of the audio book and am about to give up on it. It's a relationship drama not a science fiction book - old people reminiscing back as far as 1939 about when they met, who was having sex with who, and conventions they went to, but no science fiction in the book at all, so one star for bait and switch and boring, shallow characters.