• This Weightless World

  • By: Adam Soto
  • Narrated by: Eddie Lopez
  • Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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This Weightless World

By: Adam Soto
Narrated by: Eddie Lopez
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Publisher's summary

A literary debut subverting classic sci-fi tropes set in gentrified Chicago, Silicon Valley, and across the vastness of the cosmos.

From the streets of gentrified Chicago, to the tech-boom corridors of Silicon Valley, This Weightless World follows a revolving cast of characters after alien contact upends their lives.

We are introduced to Sevi, a burned-out music teacher desperate for connection; Ramona, his on-again, off-again computer programmer girlfriend; and Sevi’s cello protégé Eason, struggling with the closure of his high school; after a mysterious signal arrives from outer space. When the signal - at first seen as a sign of hope - stops as abruptly as it started, they are all forced to reckon with its aftermath. In San Francisco, Sevi fights to find meaning in rekindled love; and Ramona - determined to build an AI to prevent mankind’s self-destruction - begins to feel the weight of past mistakes. And in Chicago, Eason measures his commitment to an estranged childhood friend against the chance of escaping neighborhood troubles.

A dazzling deconstruction of science-fiction tropes, This Weightless World looks to the past for a vision of the future.

©2021 Adam Soto (P)2021 Recorded Books, Inc.

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This is an amazing novel by a writer who understands subtle sci-fi. The characters are lovingly crafted, and each have meaningful arcs. Don't expect alien invasions or super powers. Expect a masterfully understated story that's both small and huge that explores conflicts both pedestrian and existential.

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