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Les Derniers Jours Du Paradis (2014)

by Robert Charles Wilson(Favorite Author)

3.3 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Denoel

review 1: Very haunting book about the world being secretly directed by a hypercolony. They function kind of like insects, but live through radio waves. They have taken over Earth's mass communications and, by so doing, have guided Earth for the last several decades into peace (so that Earth will continue to advance their technology into space and they can parachute onto that and spread further). They are ruthless in their extermination of the few scientists who start to suspect what is going on, leading the remaining ones to form a secret society to hide (or perhaps fight against) the hypercolony, who can create simalcra that are, on the surface, unrecognizable. Teenager Cassie and her brother Thomas are on the run and join up with Leo, son of the secretive cult leader. Lots of goo... mored considerations of themes as the strength(s) of humanity, peace versus autonomy, and evolution on a spectacular space scale. Very well written!
review 2: A colony of living space debris surrounds the Earth and effects our daily events by manipulating radio transmissions. This debris can also assimilate into a human form, and does so for several nefarious reasons. Saying more would give away to much. This book does stand as a testament as to why the 2013 book awards should be held at the beginning of 2014. I feel this would be a strong contender for best sci-fi. However the voting is almost done now. The good news is that sci-fi fans have a great new book out from Mr. Wilson that they can look forward to reading. less

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