- Hardcover: 364 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books (30 April 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0765309386
- ISBN-13: 978-0765309389
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,484,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Read,
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This review is from: Spin (Mass Market Paperback)
The Spin is the name given to a mysterious veil that one October night in the near future, shuts off the stars and isolates the earth, but not only that, for every minute that passes on Earth, three years pass outside the veil.
The three main characters deal with this in three very human ways. Jason tries to understand who created the Spin, and why, emersing himself in science. Jason's twin sister, Diane, follows the path of faith, spirituality and enlightenment. Tyler, childhood friend of both takes the middle road, dedicating himself to helping others, becoming a doctor and attempting to simply live life. Wilson exposes the vulnerability we all feel when we look at the sky and wonder, "What if we're not alone?". When an event so powerfull as to dwarf every human endevour occurs, one cannot help but feel completely overwhelmed. Spin is not hardcore SciFi, but good tale, well told. involving everything you'd expect from a good scifi book, but without the technobabble. Technical issues that do arise are well explained, as Tyler is just your everyday, cynical Joe, and requires a lot of explanation. Spin is shortlisted for the 2006 Hugo awards, and well deserved so.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great read, original idea,
By Stephen M Blank (Altrincham, Cheshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Spin (Mass Market Paperback)
Good characterisation and a novel idea, what more does a good SF novel need? I confess the female lead irritated me and maybe the narrator was a bit supine but I really cared what happened to them.
Great pace throughout and excellent cutting from now to the end to keep the tension going. I was left only worrying that the technical explanation we get near the end might be disappointing or unconvincing but once again Robert Charles Wilson did not let me down. I'm going to read the sequel, Axis, for sure.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Spin (Mass Market Paperback)
Some SF writers use deliberately obscure language to presumably enhance the complexity of the ideas or the plot. The more difficulty you have undestanding what's going on, the more technically/scientifically complex the story is supposed to be. What happens, in fact, is that you plod through virtually unintelligible text to hopefully glean some kind of meaning.
What I appreciated in this novel is that it reads like a novel. It is clearly written, it respects the reader and it is very exciting!!
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