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    Heaven's Shadow
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    Heaven's Shadow
    Audiobook11 hours

    Heaven's Shadow

    Written by David S Goyer and Michael Cassutt

    Narrated by Joe J. Thomas

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The science fiction epic of our time has arrived.

    Three years ago, an object one hundred miles across was spotted on a trajectory for Earth's sun. Now, its journey is almost over. As it approaches, two competing manned vehicles race through almost half a million kilometers of space to reach it first. But when they both arrive on the entity, they learn that it has been sent toward Earth for a reason. An intelligent race is desperately attempting to communicate with our primitive species. And the message is: Help us.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 5, 2011
    ISBN9781101461778
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    Heaven's Shadow
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    David S Goyer

    David S. Goyer is a screenwriter, film director and comic book writer. He has written several screenplays based on numerous comic book series, among them Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, and The Flash. He has written the third instalment of Christopher Nolan's Batman film series.

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    • 4/5
      This is not usually the type of science fiction I like. It reads like a summer blockbuster. There were a few "really" moments. Too many "really" moments and I tend to give up on a book. I don't like it when characters do things that make me doubt the writers skill.

      Despite this I tore through this book. It was definitely a popcorn read. I was clearly in the mood. It was filled with fun cliff hangers and non stop action. Add in the fact that the ending surprised me a little and I was genuinely entertained. It is pretty amazing when a book overcomes logic flaws for me but this one did. I sat back and embraced the summer movie vibe. Will keep reading this series.
    • 4/5
      It took me a while to get going on this one. Fifty or so pages of dry engineering and some funny time shifting organization had me about ready to call it quits. But then, once they got to the object the story picked up and I couldn't put it down. Read it in about two days, suffering sleep deprivation today.
    • 4/5
      Not being a science fiction fan, I don't know what possessed me to pick this book up. Whatever the reason, I'm glad I did. Heaven's Shadow is the 1st in what promises to be a good series, and I'm looking forward to the second installment. The story was very well conceived, most of the characters dynamic enough to start to like by the end of the book, and the writing was effective. There were some minor inconsistencies, but the detail given the inner workings of NASA was outstanding.

      Overall, this was a good read that kept me entertained.
    • 4/5
      A very readable space race and exploration adventure, somewhat reminiscent of Rama.Looking forward to #2.
    • 5/5
      Interesting take on first encounter.
    • 4/5
      The most "can't put it down" book I've read in quite a while. Really enjoyed it and can't wait to get book #2!
    • 4/5
      Pretty darn good story! Although it really left me wondering what next at the end. I'll need to see if there is a book after this one or wait patiently for the next book to come out.
    • 4/5
      For its first half, this book feels like a riff on Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama: an unusual object arrives in the solar system and a team of astronauts hastens to land on and explore it. The authors are television scriptwriters, and it shows both in the pacing of the story and in a certain glibness on the part of the characters. An important twist, the less said about which the better, takes place early in the story; throughout the middle sections, the plot gets steadily more complicated and the tension ratchets up -- I found myself reading eagerly to see how conflicts would come to a head, and what the characters would discover next. Unfortunately, the story ends in a muddle that seems all too much about setting the stage for a sequel. Also, the mood of the story shifts from Arthur Clarke (revelations of alien wonders leading to the possibility of transcendence) to Gregory Benford (humans are small and unimportant, the universe is large and implacable, and encounters with aliens are prone to tragic misunderstandings). Whether that's a positive or negative shift is a matter of taste; it was negative for me. To the extent one sympathizes with the main characters, the book presents the question, if an artifact of an alien civilization seems to fulfill your deepest desire, should you flee in terror or embrace what it offers?
    • 5/5
      Great yarn! Loved the concept.