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- Author
- Susan Greenfield
- Narrator
- Zara Ramm, Daniel Pirrie
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 10 July 2013
- Run Time
- 12 hours 11 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction
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What to expect
Our world is now a place of technicolour, mechanical beauty. Iridescent domes sit upon the ruins of the previous civilization, and small figures wander constantly between them – dancing, singing, running, but never touching. Each of us is immersed in our own virtual reality. We are like children, living in a perpetual summer: ageless, beautiful, and utterly reliant on the lost knowledge of another age.
For decades, nothing disturbed our peaceful equilibrium. Until Fred arrived. Until he took one of us from among from us and made her different. Until he showed us what our world was made of...
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Challenging, original, readable and personal
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Susan Greenfield enthrals and intrigues in equal measure. A force of intellect and a force of nature.
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Details
- Author
- Susan Greenfield
- Narrator
- Zara Ramm, Daniel Pirrie
- Duration
- 12 hours 11 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 July 2013
- ISBN
- 9781471347801
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Science fiction
Synopsis
It is many years since the human race gave up its individuality. Our world is now a place of technicolour, mechanical beauty. Iridescent domes sit upon the ruins of the previous civilization, and small figures wander constantly between them – dancing, singing, running, but never touching. Each of us is immersed in our own virtual reality. We are like children, living in a perpetual summer: ageless, beautiful, and utterly reliant on the lost knowledge of another age. For decades, nothing disturbed our peaceful equilibrium. Until Fred arrived. Until he took one of us from among from us and made her different. Until he showed us what our world was made of...
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