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After witnessing the onset of an astronomical event that has caused the sun to go black and the stars and moon to disappear, Tyler, Jason, and Diane learn that the darkness has been caused by a time-altering, alien-created artificial barrier and that the sun will be extinguished in less than forty years. Reprint.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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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.
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
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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.
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.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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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!!
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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Quite Enjoyable
If you liked Vernor Vinge's 'Across Realtime' then you are likely to like 'Spin'. There is a similarity of feel to protagonists traveling, one way, into the future of the solar... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Robert
A well spun yarn.
I really enjoyed this book and i'm keeping it to probably read again sometime. The characterisation is excellent and I don't think it mattered what the underlying story ( in this... Read more
Published 3 months ago by mike
Superbly written, satisfyingly `old-school' science fiction.
In my continuing mission to encounter modern science fiction authors to rival the classical masters of the genre, I happened across this book while browsing Amazon's... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Willy Eckerslike
Science Fiction At Its Best & A Good Story For Non Sci-Fi Fans
This is just a really such a good read on so many differing levels - science fact, science fiction, a good human story and appealing characters. Read more
Published 19 months ago by T. Wright
Good yarn, easy to read
A good easy to read story - the conclusion isn't that great - but the story is told well - a little predictable if you know Sci-Fi
Not a mega block buster, but good if... Read more
Not a mega block buster, but good if... Read more
Published 19 months ago by CjW
Real science. Real characters.
Wilson's work is regularly nominated for awards, and rightly so. He writes dense, complex novels in which the scientific elements and characterisation are both admirably dealt... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Rod Williams
A worthy Hugo award-winner and one of the best SF novels I've read for...
Why? Here's a point by point review.
It's well written with three interesting characters at the core of the story. Read more
It's well written with three interesting characters at the core of the story. Read more
Published on 7 May 2010 by Ian Williams
One idea that spins and spins
The ideas are good but the delivery is poor. I did not care about any of the characters or what happended to them, the only mildly interesting one was the Martian. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2010 by Book F
Best SciFi I've read in a while
Robert Charles Wilson takes a great hypothetical situation of the Earth being caught in a time bubble and explores the effects and possibilities this creates in a thoroughly... Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2009 by N. J. Stevenson
Best Book of 2009
Brilliant - I couldn't put it down from stat to finish. Having not read any of this author's work before, I picked it up in Borders whilst browsing, and read the first 40 pages in... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2009 by P. Brown
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