Glasshouse by Charles Stross audiobook

Glasshouse

By Charles Stross
Read by Kevin R. Free

Recorded Books, Recorded Books, Inc.

Unabridged

Format : Retail CD (In Stock)
  • $49.99

    ISBN: 9781664501423

Runtime: 13.55 Hours
Category: Fiction/Science Fiction
Audience: Adult
Language: English

Summary

Summary

Winner of the 2007 Prometheus Award

Finalist for the 2007 Hugo Award for Best Novel

Nominated for the 2007 Locus Award

Nominated for the 2007 John W. Campbell Memorial Award

Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross delivers "credible and bold SF" (Science Fiction Weekly) that continually pushes the boundaries of the genre. Glasshouse is a Kafkaesque tale in which a man, Robin, awakes in a clinic with severe memory loss. Finding himself targeted by a deadly opponent, Robin takes a calculated gamble and volunteers to be one of the subjects of an unusual study in the Glasshouse. But once there, he finds that the true terror has only begun. "One nightmarish panopticon."-New York Times

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Stross is peerless…It’s one nightmarish panopticon that Stross has built here, and I can think of no greater testament to its effectiveness than my own relief at having been liberated from it.” New York Times Book Review
“Brilliant…With nods to Kafka, James Tiptree, and others, Stross’ wry SF thriller satisfies on all levels, with memorable characters and enough brain-twisting extrapolation for five novels.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Stross turns in another bravura performance with a fanciful glimpse at life in the twenty-seventh century…Stross amusingly recasts our own era into one of the ‘meaningless customs’ while blending suspenseful action with inventive, futuristic technology.” Booklist
“Hugo Award winner Stross takes an original and often playful approach to his visions of the future. He examines questions of identity, gender, and the human condition in the context of the SF thriller.” Library Journal
“A perfectly tuned combination of gravitas and glee (the literary/cultural references are a blast). Stross’ enthralling blend of action, extrapolation, and analysis delivers surprise after surprise.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A fascinating story…If you like sci-fi with lots of technical jargon, you’ll like this book.” RT Book Reviews

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Author Bio: Charles Stross

Author Bio: Charles Stross

Charles Stross is the author of the bestselling Merchant Princes series, the Laundry series, and several stand-alone novels, including Glasshouse, Accelerando, and Saturn’s Children. Born in Leeds, England, in 1964, Stross studied in London and Bradford, earning degrees in pharmacy and computer science. Over the next decade and a half he worked as a pharmacist, a technical writer, a software engineer, and eventually as a prolific journalist covering the IT industry. His short fiction began attracting wide attention in the late 1990s; his first novel, Singularity Sky, appeared in 2003. He has subsequently won the Hugo Award twice. He lives with his wife in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a flat that is slightly older than the state of Texas.

Details

Details

Available Formats : Retail CD
Category: Fiction/Science Fiction
Runtime: 13.55
Audience: Adult
Language: English