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Nexus
- Nexus, Book 1
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
"Nexus is the most brilliant hard SF thriller I’ve read in years. It’s smart, it’s gripping, and it describes a chilling reality that is all-too-plausible. Ramez Naam is a name to watch for." (Brenda Cooper, author of The Silver Ship and the Sea and The Creative Fire Mankind Gets an Upgrade)
In the near future, the nano-drug Nexus can link mind to mind. There are some who want to improve it. There are some who want to eradicate it. And there are others who just want to exploit it. When a young scientist is caught improving Nexus, he’s thrust over his head into a world of danger and international espionage, with far more at stake than anyone realizes.
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- MATT HOOPER
- 24-02-15
Great Concept. Delivery and style not my taste
I'll write my short review in the style of the book.
Nexus, a book, for reading, to read, and now... Have read. It has content... science, fiction, drugs, the future, factions, government, plans... Some... Good.some...bad.the book... not that good after the initial story didn't progress past fighting, chase g, fighting g again, chasing, hiding, thinking, developing into... Nothing. Shame, sad, wanted... More... Maybe... Next time.
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- Mordy
- 26-06-14
Pleasantly surprised by the quality
Would you listen to Nexus again? Why?
For the early chapters of the book I felt both the author and narrator were struggling to find their feet and I didn't find it easy to immerse myself in the tale but knowing now that they both hit their stride I'd go back and re-visit those early chapters.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The book has made me re-evaluate some human concepts that I simply took for granted, it makes you think a little outside of the human comfort zone in a way that not even another sci-fi book has done before.
Any additional comments?
Stick with it if like me you find the early chapters a little less than stellar - it improves significantly as the book goes on. I'm halfway through the sequel now and it's excellent.
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- S. L.
- 09-01-17
Shallow Suffering Porn
The majority of this book is a series of needlessly brutal, utterly pointless, depressing, forgettable fights. Listening on the train, I fell asleep during yet another gratuitous firefight in which the main characters are beaten to bloody pulps yet again. I woke up 20 minutes later, the same firefight is still going. Nothing of consequence has happened, but a lot of blood has been spilled and apparently that's the main thing that happens in the technologically-augmented future: suffering and tedious fights.
I have three hours left now, and I'm going to have to leave this. I hate not finishing a book, but this is just crushingly depressing, utterly needless, constant suffering. The moment you think you might start to care about a character (not a lot), that's because they're about to suffer and / or die. The possibilities of the technology are barely explored - where they are, it's in a tropey, hardly-veiled-drugs-metaphor way, then boom, a wall explodes and in come the soldiers for another big bloodletting.
It seems that 'thriller' means 'constant fighting'. Good scifi tries to look at what the core premise might do to transfigure the world. In this book, you could swap 'nexus' for 'cocaine' in about 90% of the scenes, motivations and character actions. Massive let down.
The narration, at least, is solid.
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- GhostMuppet
- 02-01-15
Started strong, but fell fast
I am sure there are a lot of people that will enjoy this story. Alas, I am not one of them. I got this on a recommendation from my book club. It started off well, and I had high hopes. I have been to Bangkok a number of times, and work in the tech industry. These were positives. However the story descended into a failed thriller which resulted in big fights.
The narrator was okay, but nothing special. There is a sequel, but I think I will avoid that for the time being.
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- Keith Fitzmaurice
- 28-12-14
loved this book from the start to the end
loved this book from the start to the end listened to it in 48 hours could not take my headphones out
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- Peter
- 26-02-14
A great plausible premise and full of twists,
What made the experience of listening to Nexus the most enjoyable?
Seems to paint a future not too far away but with profound consequences for Man. The technology explored seems plausible and the way people/societies react to it equally so, That's what made this a great read for me.
What other book might you compare Nexus to, and why?
Can't compare it to anything else I've read, it was quite refreshing.
Have you listened to any of Luke Daniels’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Not sure I've heard Luke before, but he did a great job characterising the various players, really brought the story to life for me.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Rather than a book that I listened to "as and when" I had the chance, I made time to listen once I got hooked into it. That's rare for me.
Any additional comments?
Shame it had to end!
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- Nick
- 24-09-13
Amazing
This book came as a recommendation from the podcast Buddhist Geeks, I did not know what to expect, it was a fantastic mixture of story and amazing "around the corner" technology.
Well worth a listen!!
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- Kindle Customer
- 19-05-17
Too much action for my liking
It was like an american popcorn movie, with a lot of boring action, although there were interesting concepts that haven't been used much.
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- Meso Skully
- 14-02-19
This is the sort of sci fi I love .nice and grounded (restricted in planet earth). not really into that space sci fi
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- D Monk
- 23-01-19
What a letdown
Brilliant start and premise. Let down by unnecessary love story and over the top violence.
Could have been very clever with lots of mystery and intrigue; but no, blood and sappy love stuff instead
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