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Inhibitor Phase

By: Alastair Reynolds
Narrated by: John Lee
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Summary

 Miguel de Ruyter is a man with a past.

Fleeing the 'wolves' - the xenocidal alien machines known as Inhibitors - he has protected his family and community from attack for forty years, sheltering in the caves of an airless, battered world called Michaelmas. The slightest hint of human activity could draw the wolves to their home, to destroy everything ... utterly. Which is how Miguel finds himself on a one-way mission with his own destructive mandate: to eliminate a passing ship, before it can bring unwanted attention down on them.

Only something goes wrong.
There's a lone survivor.
And she know far more about Miguel than she's letting on...

Ranging from the depths of space to the deeps of Pattern Juggler waters, from nervous, isolated communities to the ruins of Empire, this is a stealthy space opera from an author at the top of his game. Adventure Science Fiction Space Opera Fiction
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This is no side story, no digression, if you want to know what happens after Absolution Gap then dive right in and hold on to your butt, it's going to get very, very Alastair Reynolds. A superb, essential addition to the RS universe 👏

A full-fat no holds barred dive into RS

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I didn't find it as gripping a story as Mr reynolds' others set in it.
I'm fond of John Lee too, but his delivery can get a bit grating. It sometimes sounds as if Will Shatner and David Bowie had a lovechild who had been brought up watching english black and white films from the 40s. Sorry, John..
I don't regret investing my time here though. 7/10

Love the universe, but..

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Not a bad yarn, but is too long and drags a bit. Don’t publishers employ editors any more? I think the Revelation Space concept is getting a bit tired now. It isn’t helped by the narration and the silly voices, which get very wearing as the hours grind on.

This universe is past its best

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Like many such “space operas” the book is too long, somewhat repetitive and made that was as much as anything else by the endlessly repeated pseudo-science and invented language. But then again, that’s part of what people enjoy about such stories.

It’s easy to get lost in the book, again part of the attraction, but it is also somewhat annoying to zone out from it, then to reapply oneself to the narrative, and to be faintly aware that one hasn’t really missed anything of significance.

What is needed, definitely, is a stronger repetition of key plot aspects that fundamentally drive on the narrative. Too often these are lost in the morass of often overblown and unnecessary detail.

But the narration was uniformly good, and given the foregoing comments the general sense one if left with is having enjoyed “a good read”. But a good editor would have been even more appreciated.

Overlong

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Best sci-fi series bar non. Comparable to Robert Heinlein - actually better. But read the series in order. Chasm city first! They get better.

Awesome! Best sci-fi series I’ve ever listened to.

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