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Anvil of Stars

A Sequel to The Forge of God

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Anvil of Stars

By: Greg Bear
Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
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The Forge of God described the destruction of Earth itself by self-replicating robots, Von Neumann machines designed to use the planet's mass to create more robotic creatures and spread throughout the Galaxy. Only a few humans have survived, aided by a mysterious alien race known only as “The Benefactors”, who arrived at Earth too late.

Now the small group of human survivors is determined to track down the criminal race who launched the planet killers. Humanity is given a starship by The Benefactors, and driven only by revenge they set out to find the unknown beings who are responsible for the destruction of Earth, and many other worlds.

©1992 Greg Bear (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Fiction Hard Science Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Space Opera Robotics Solar System Interstellar
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It is a mix of lord of the files, aliens encounters and capital punishment, ie how can you be sure. Particularly interesting aliens introduced, that form never seen elsewhere, its well narrated too.

One of the few i listen every few years A+

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approached one of my favourite books from the 1990s with apprehension, but was very pleased; unabridged, the reader did very well, different characters (and species) get distinctive recognisable voices, interesting story well paced

modern classic well read

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After I read 'Eon', almost 25 years ago, I immediately became a hooked on the science fiction of Greg Bear and read them all!. 'Anvil of Stars' was always my favorite and I was so pleased to see so many of his older books suddenly available in Audible. I downloaded this one immediately! Do you need to read 'The Forge of God' first? Well... yes... probably best... if only for continuity, but this really is a stand alone story. With echoes of 'Lord of the Flies' and 'Enders Game' it mixes the super science and colossal scope from the likes of Alistair Reynolds and Peter Hamilton with the social and moral plight of a group of children (reminding me of Orson Scott Card) as they journey to avenge the desctuction of the Earth. Loved it!

20 years on and still brilliant!!

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This is without a doubt the worst book I’ve ever read/listen to... I tried both in an effort to give it a chance.

The characters are lifeless and uninteresting, and the dialogue gives the impression it was done by a monkey smashing a keyboard.

After the Forge of God, this is an utter disappointment. I strongly recommend that anyone that might have done the first book leave it at that. This will only be a waste of time.

I’d rather read a book on tax law

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the story reads like a TV series, I found the dialogue dry at times and a little cliche.

rambling story line

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