Jumpnauts

  • Author Hao Jingfang
  • Narrator Catherine Ho
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Run Time 14 hours and 51 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Science fiction.
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Bloomsbury presents Jumpnauts by Hao Jingfang, read by Catherine Ho.

A first contact SF novel, from the Hugo Award–winning author of Folding Beijing.

2080, the world is divided, dominated by two antagonistic factions, the Pacific League and the Atlantic Alliance. Tensions are high and the smallest disturbance in the status quo could set the world on fire.

And a signal flickering through deep space could be just that spark.

As three young scientists form an alliance to decode the signal, they realise that the answers don't only lie in deep space, they also lie deep in humanity's past.

What they discover will change everything: our past, present and future.

If we have one.

Critics Review

A fresh approach – emphasising Chinese history, and including scenes of martial artistry along with philosophical debates – adds extra zest to the popular idea of wise and helpful aliens in this entertaining adventure.

The Guardian

An invigorating, jostling mix of hard science, adventure, Chinese philosophy and good old martial arts.

Daily Mail

A twisty first-contact thriller…genuinely entertaining and inventive

SFX

Relentlessly charming… It is precisely its madcap range that makes it such a treat, its total lack of interest in distinctions between highbrow and lowbrow entertainment or between philosophy and mere fancy

Washington Post

The imagination and world-building is excellent and the debates about the choices and directions that human civilisation faces are interesting

Birmingham SF Group

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