Lord of All Things, Andreas Eschbach
Lord of All Things, Andreas Eschbach
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Lord of All Things

Author: Andreas Eschbach, Samuel Willcocks

Narrator: Nick Podehl

Unabridged: 17 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 01/28/2014

Synopsis

Winner of the 2012 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for best German science fiction novel, Lord of All Things is also a story about love against all odds.They are just children when they meet for the first time: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress’s son. One day, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world. An unprecedented idea of how to sweep away all differences between rich and poor.When Hiroshi runs into Charlotte several years later, he is trying to build a brighter future through robotics. Determined to win Charlotte’s love, he resurrects his childhood dream, convinced that he can eradicate world poverty by pushing the limits of technology beyond imagination. But as Hiroshi circles ever closer to realizing his vision, he discovers that his utopian dream may contain the seeds of a nightmare—one that could obliterate life as we know it.Crisscrossing the globe from Tokyo to the hallowed halls of MIT to desolate Arctic islands and Buenos Aires and beyond—far beyond—Lord of All Things explores not only the dizzying potential of technology but also its formidable dangers.

About Andreas Eschbach

Andreas Eschbach studied aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart and later founded his own IT consulting company before becoming a full-time writer. Several of his novels, including The Jesus Video and One Trillion Dollars, became nationwide bestsellers in Germany. He has been awarded both the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis, Germany’s most prestigious science fiction award for best science fiction novel, and the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis several times. The Carpetmakers, his only other book translated into English, was listed as one of the best science fiction books of 2005 by www.sfsite.com and recommended by Locus Magazine. In 2002, his novel Jesus Video was adapted for German television. He lives with his wife in Brittany, France.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Althea on March 11, 2015

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED HERE? Andreas Eschbach’s ‘The Carpet Makers’ impressed the hell out of me. I’ve been going around for a few years now, recommending it to all and sundry. I was wildly excited that he had a new book coming out in English, and bought it the very first time I saw it up for sale. I......more

Goodreads review by Mario the lone bookwolf on May 23, 2023

Some grains of nanotech are sprinkled over a primarily character focused work. Sci fi plot partly separated from the protagonists' life There are some good moments of the same quality as one is used from US and UK authors, especially the rare scenes with real sci-fi tech and the research and thriller......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 01, 2018

2,5 Sterne Die Grundthematik ist extrem spannend, aber leider konnte ich mit der Geschichte drum herum nicht viel anfangen. Über einen sehr langen Zeitraum hinweg erzählt das Buch lediglich die Lebensgeschichte von Hiroshi und Charlotte, die sich im Kindesalter kennen lernen und dann im Zuge ihrer be......more

Goodreads review by Oleksandr on December 14, 2023

This is a novel that mixes an SF, fantasy, thriller, horror with a bit of action and romance from German SF writer Andreas Eschbach. Previously, I’ve read only The Carpet Makers by him, which is also good but quite different – as if they are written by different people. I read it as a part of the mo......more

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