Earthseed, Pamela Sargent
Earthseed, Pamela Sargent
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Earthseed

Author: Pamela Sargent

Narrator: Amy Rubinate

Unabridged: 7 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/11/2011

Synopsis

Ship hurtles through space. Deep within its core it carries the seed of humankind. Launched by the people of a dying Earth over a century ago, its mission is to find a habitable world for the children—fifteen-year-old Zoheret and her shipmates—whom it has created from its genetic banks. To Zoheret and her shipmates, Ship has been mother, father, and loving teacher, preparing them for their biggest challenge: to survive on their own, on an uninhabited planet, without Ship’s protection. Now that day is almost upon them, but are they ready? Ship devises a test, and suddenly instincts that have been latent for over a hundred years take over. Zoheret watches as friends become strangers—and enemies. Can Zoheret and her companions overcome the biggest obstacle to the survival of the human race—themselves?

About Pamela Sargent

Pamela Sargent is the author of many highly praised novels for young adults and adults, including Earthseed, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has won the Nebula and Locus awards and has been a finalist for the Hugo Award and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.

About Amy Rubinate

Amy Rubinate has narrated over 250 audiobooks and won multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her books have been selected for AudioFile’s Best Romance of 2016 list; Booklist’s Top 10 Romance, Top 10 Historical Fiction, Editor’s Choice Media; and YALSA’s Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults. She has a degree in oral interpretation of literature and won state and national awards for poetry reading. A voice actor and singer for over a decade, Amy has narrated many interactive children’s books and provided character voices for toys and video games. Amy’s work has been featured in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, AudioFile magazine, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nafiza on April 25, 2012

I found Earthseed to be fascinating for more than the obvious reasons. We've had a recent spate of many young adult novels set on spaceships and will continue to do so in the near future. What sets Earthseed apart from them is the fact that it was written when the young adult genre was barely define......more

Goodreads review by TheBookSmugglers on February 23, 2012

Originally Reviewed on The Book Smugglers Earthseed begins with a familiar premise: after mankind has wiped out the majority of Earth's natural resources and damaged its ecosystem over the centuries, humans turn to the stars for a new home. These human survivors have thrown their hopes on a distant s......more

Goodreads review by Fatesocruel on July 24, 2011

2.5 stars – Right in the middle. It’s not good enough for three, and certainly far from a two; more accurately I’d give it 2.75 stars, but I don’t subdivide that far. For all the crap I’m going to give this book, I actually did enjoy it. It was good, good enough that I’ll probably read the sequel. De......more

Goodreads review by Liviania on June 12, 2012

EARTHSEED was originally published in 1983 to great acclaim. Paramount Pictures recently optioned the novel, causing Tor to dust off the Seed trilogy and send it back into the world. I can see what made EARTHSEED a YA sci-fi classic, but it's kind of dated. EARTHSEED is the story of a group of kids o......more

Goodreads review by Chapter by Chapter on July 12, 2012

Earthseed was…amazing! Seriously, it was so good. It’s no wonder that Paramount Pictures has teamed up with Melissa Rosenberg (the adaptor of the Twilight films) to release Earthseed through Tall Girl Productions as a major motion picture. I am so curious to see what they will come up with! When I fi......more

Quotes

“This fascinating novel is very reminiscent of the better Heinlein juveniles…A very impressive novel…Should not be overlooked.” SF Chronicle

“It is understandable why this book is getting attention again, almost 30 years since it was written: it’s another YA book that is similar to The Hunger Games…Sargent does a wonderful job of making the story engaging with some surprising twists and turns along the way…Amy Rubinate’s narration was superb…I could always distinguish the voices of the characters, whether it was two females, two males, or a male and a female talking, and at no point did I feel like it was overdramatized.” SFFAudio.com, editorial review

“A melding of the psychological and the high adventure story, this gripping, emotion-evoking narrative is the first young-adult novel by the author of Watchstar and other adult science fiction.” Booklist (starred review)

“The story is thought provoking and full of odd surprises.” School Library Journal

Awards

  • ALA Best Book for Young Adults
  • Booklist Young Adult Reviewer’s Choice
  • AudioFile Earphones Award
  • New York Public Library Book for Teens
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