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Rolling Thunder
The Thunder and Lightning Series (Book 3)
- Author
- John Varley
- Narrator
- Eddie Lopez
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 4 December 2021
- Run Time
- 13 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Navy lieutenant Podkayne, daughter of Ray Garcia-Strickland, is tired of her job as Martian consul in California—and Earth’s oppressive gravity. So she’s OK with getting called back to Mars, even if it’s because her great-grandmother is sick and being put into suspended animation.
After a family reunion, Podkayne’s next port of call is Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, where she can finally realize her dream of being a singer. But just when her life seems to be improving for the better, disaster strikes and Podkayne is put into her own state of suspension.
Awakened ten years later, she will discover a solar system in turmoil—where the very survival of humanity is at risk.
Critics Review
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“Loaded with references, some subtle and others blatant, to Heinlein’s many books. Heinlein fans will get a chuckle, or maybe even a guffaw, when encountering one of these. Readers with no Heinlein background will enjoy the story too, but on a different level.”
National Space Society
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“A zany Heinlein homage…with the disclosure that the protagonist prefers to be called by one of her middle names, Podkayne (see Heinlein’s Podkayne of Mars, 1963).”
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Details
- Author
- John Varley
- Narrator
- Eddie Lopez
- Duration
- 13 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 4 December 2021
- ISBN
- 9798200734528
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Science fiction, Adventure fiction
Synopsis
Navy lieutenant Podkayne, daughter of Ray Garcia-Strickland, is tired of her job as Martian consul in California—and Earth’s oppressive gravity. So she’s OK with getting called back to Mars, even if it’s because her great-grandmother is sick and being put into suspended animation.After a family reunion, Podkayne’s next port of call is Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons, where she can finally realize her dream of being a singer. But just when her life seems to be improving for the better, disaster strikes and Podkayne is put into her own state of suspension.Awakened ten years later, she will discover a solar system in turmoil—where the very survival of humanity is at risk.
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