hu03_Transcendence - 00.nfo
General Information
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Title.......................: Transcendence
Author......................: Charles Sheffield
Read By.....................: Geoffrey Howard
Publisher...................: Blackstone Audio
Genre.......................: Science Fiction
Series Name.................: Heritage Universe
Position in Series..........: 03
Abridged....................: No
File Information
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Number of MP3s..............: 11
Total Duration..............: 08:54:26
Encoded At Bit Rate.........: 32 kbps Mono
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Book Description
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The Zardalu are back....
The search for the Builders, the legendary alien race whose unfathomable
constructs continue to perplex scholars and explorers alike, has led
Builder expert Darya Lang, adventurer Hans Rebka, and treasure hunters
Louis Nenda and Atvar H'sial to an unknown Builder artifact far outside
the spiral arm. There they find the Zardalu, once the greatest menace
ever known to the worlds of the spiral arm, enslaving entire races and
exterminating others, guided by the unswerving belief in their own supremacy.
The only chance to eliminate the Zardalu threat is to find them all
and wipe them out before they have time to breed back up to strength
and once again threaten civilized beings everywhere. But the way will
not be easy. Even if they manage to locate the Zardalu, they still have
the Builders to deal with. For the closer they get to their quarry,
the clearer it becomes that the Zardalu and their world are closely
entwined with the fate - and the plans of the Builders themselves.
"Transcendence may have been written by a chief scientist of the Earth
Satellite Corporation...but it reads as if the cast of Monty Python
had a hand in it. Narrator Geoffrey Howard [is] aware that this is not
a completely serious book. Oh, the science is dead on, and the plot
keeps listeners wonderfully tense, but there are moments of pure comedy
throughout the piece that are simply delightful. Howard's reading is
quite enjoyable; his ability to bring to life a wide variety of slaves
and owners, rogues and scientists, deserves applause. Do remember, if
you're listening while driving, Howard should only receive the sound
of one hand clapping. This one is an absolute must for hard-core sci-fi
fans that remember that the "sci" stands for "science," and that the
fiction not need be overblown or humorless."
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