
Remnant Population
A Novel
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Suzanne Toren
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Elizabeth Moon
For 40 years, Colony 3245.12 has been Ofelia’s home. On this planet far away in space and time from the world of her youth, she has lived and loved, weathered the death of her husband, raised her one surviving child, lovingly tended her garden, and grown placidly old. And it is here that she fully expects to finish out her days - until the shifting corporate fortunes of the Sims Bancorp Company dictates that Colony 3245.12 is to be disbanded, its residents shipped off, deep in cryo-sleep, to somewhere new and strange and not of their choosing. But while her fellow colonists grudgingly anticipate a difficult readjustment on some distant world, Ofelia savors the promise of a golden opportunity. Not starting over in the hurly-burly of a new community...but closing out her life in blissful solitude, in the place she has no intention of leaving. A population of one.
With everything she needs to sustain her, and her independent spirit to buoy her, Ofelia actually does start life over - for the first time on her own terms: free of the demands, the judgments, and the petty tyrannies of others. But when a reconnaissance ship returns to her idyllic domain, and its crew is mysteriously slaughtered, Ofelia realizes she is not the sole inhabitant of her paradise after all. And, when the inevitable time of first contact finally arrives, she will find her life changed yet again - in ways she could never have imagined...
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Unusual Scifi with strong female character
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Great story, solid performance
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Surprised me and kept my attention
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Another Elizabeth Moon masterpiece
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Solo human meets
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Wonderful story about first contact between an older female human and a new race.
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Moon's major emphasis is on her unique protagonist who is a well over the hill grandmother that was trained to survive in a frontier environment on an uninhabited world. She is both stubborn and persevering. While the research team takes an academic approach, their perspectives are based on pure theory and simulations (this is the first intelligent alien species ever encountered), while Ofelia just treats them as she did her own children. At the same time, she displays senior wisdom that comes from the experience of a hard life. While the characters and corporate / government interests are bit too stereotypical, the role of lived wisdom and plain old common sense is fully documented.
The narration is well done with good character distinction, especially for the alien voices. Pacing is well aligned with the plot.
Treating aliens as children
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Classic Sci Fi but with a charming story! The best audio book I have heard in years. Uplifting and totally enjoyable.
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Otherworldly
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Really great and totally unexpected.
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