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Survival

The Star Quest Trilogy, Book 3

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Survival

By: Ben Bova
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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When a human team is sent to scout a few hundred light-years in front of the death wave, it encounters a civilization far in advance of our own, a civilization of machine intelligences.These sentient, intelligent machines have existed for eons and have survived earlier "death waves" - gamma-ray bursts from the core of the galaxy. They are totally self-sufficient, completely certain that the death wave cannot harm them, and utterly uninterested in helping to save other civilizations, whether organic or machine.

But now that the humans have discovered them, they refuse to allow them to leave their planet, reasoning that other humans will inevitably follow if they learn of their existence.

©2017 Ben Bova (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Adventure Fantasy Fiction First Contact Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Exploration Space Interstellar Thought-Provoking Solar System
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Thoughtful Speculative Storytelling • Inspiring Hopeful Ideas • Perfect Narration • Complex Engaging Plot
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I had a little difficulty getting started but once I got going I couldn't stop. 😊 as always Ben Bova wrote a thought provoking and beautiful story, and Stefan Rudnicki brought the book to life with perfec t narration.

amazing end to a series

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Star Quest Series consists of three full-length novels that span hundreds of decades.

Listenable SciFi series. The plot basics center on a radioactive wave of light/energy expanding from the center of the Milky Way core; it will take thousands of years for the wave to reach earth, and protections are implemented. It is up to earthlings to travel the galaxy helping to protect other life forms found. And find them they do!

Although connected via the light wave, the books stand alone in that characters are unique to each story.

Narrated nicely by Stefan Rudnicki, no complaints.

Survival

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Circular logic used by humans about 5 too many times, nice ending where humans and
Machines finally gain respect for one another
And humans stop their petty philosophical
Arguing.

Death waves

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It also show you how to deal with problems with logic and not like an neanderthal.
It was interesting, sometimes you can feel trapped with them.

I like this one

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Compelling main character. This is the kind of story that gives the lie to the current nonsense that one must see one's actual self in a story in order to be able to relate to the characters. I am neither Russian, nor male, nor an astronomer.
Only the unthinking narcissist really believes or experiences that "feeling".

Very interesting

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This one was supposed to be the third in a series and it is yet each book is spaced so far apart in “time” that they are all able to stand alone. This one took me a while to get into, the first couple of hours were a little disjointed for me but things smoothed out and became much more enjoyable. At the conclusion I found myself thoroughly pleased, as if I’d made it through and epic movie with a complete ending that tied all the ends up. Great read!

Took me a while to get fully immersed but…

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the story was inviting of what could happen with a vary powerful ai an how maybe we as human could survive in it's microscope view of logic. on to the next story lol

awesome

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The characters were well written and believable and the performance was great. The story was interstate but didn’t amount to much.

Good but not amazing

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if there is hope in a literary fashion there can be hop in our real hearts.
take it share it and start making bridges stop making stupid weapons

hope

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These are creepy imo, but I blame Rod Serling. Welp, back to the Grand Tour!

More Twilight Zone

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