Remnant Population, Elizabeth Moon
Remnant Population, Elizabeth Moon
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Remnant Population
A Novel

Author: Elizabeth Moon

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/02/2021

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

For forty years, Colony 3245.12 has been Ofelia’s home. On this planet far away in space and time from the world of her youth, she has lived and loved, weathered the death of her husband, raised her one surviving child, lovingly tended her garden, and grown placidly old. And it is here that she fully expects to finish out her days—until the shifting corporate fortunes of the Sims Bancorp Company dictates that Colony 3245.12 is to be disbanded, its residents shipped off, deep in cryo-sleep, to somewhere new and strange and not of their choosing. But while her fellow colonists grudgingly anticipate a difficult readjustment on some distant world, Ofelia savors the promise of a golden opportunity. Not starting over in the hurly-burly of a new community … but closing out her life in blissful solitude, in the place she has no intention of leaving. A population of one.With everything she needs to sustain her, and her independent spirit to buoy her, Ofelia actually does start life over–for the first time on her own terms: free of the demands, the judgments, and the petty tyrannies of others. But when a reconnaissance ship returns to her idyllic domain, and its crew is mysteriously slaughtered, Ofelia realizes she is not the sole inhabitant of her paradise after all. And, when the inevitable time of first contact finally arrives, she will find her life changed yet again—in ways she could never have imagined …

About Elizabeth Moon

Elizabeth Moon, a former marine, is the author of many novels, including the Vatta’s War and Vatta’s Peace series and the Deed of Paksenarrion, as well as the Nebula Award winner The Speed of Dark and Remnant Population, a Hugo Award finalist. After earning a degree in history from Rice University, she went on to obtain a degree in biology from the University of Texas, Austin.

About Suzanne Toren

Suzanne Toren, award-winning narrator, has over thirty years of experience in narration. She was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. She has won the American Foundation for the Blind’s Scourby Award for Narrator of the Year, AudioFile magazine named her the 2009 Best Voice in Nonfiction & Culture, and she is the recipient of multiple Earphones Awards. She performs on and off Broadway and in regional theaters and has appeared on Law & Order and in various soap operas.

About Jayme Mattler

Jayme Mattler is a professional voiceover artist with years of experience in recording, directing, and producing. Passionate about narrating audiobooks, she has been the recipient of multiple Audie Award nominations.

Reviews

Goodreads review by mark on March 31, 2015

old woman, tired of people, tired of the way people treat her, decides to stay behind when the rest of her fellow colonists are uprooted by their corporate bosses and sent to another planet. old woman, once surrounded by demanding and unloving voices, finds she loves being alone, no more annoying vo......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on June 11, 2017

Colony 3245.12 is located on a planet far away from Ofelia’s planet of Terran birth. She’s lived at Colony 3245.12 for forty years where she’s worked the land, buried her husband, and raised her lone surviving child. Now elderly with thinning gray hair, Ofelia longs for solitude, away from the deman......more

Goodreads review by Sandi on January 24, 2010

Remnant Population is the kind of book that made me fall in love with science fiction in the first place. It's thoughtful, has great characterizations, a plausible future, and humans coming to understand aliens. This is the third book I've read by Elizabeth Moon and she's now on my list of favorite......more

Goodreads review by Allison on December 08, 2019

What an incredibly sweet, different sort of book! I think this was a really strong experiment, and that it mostly worked better than I anticipated. I'm going to try to do this review without revealing the things that brought me lots of joy, so sorry for the vagueness. CONTENT WARNING: (just a list of......more

Goodreads review by YouKneeK on December 06, 2019

Everybody who told me I needed to try one of Elizabeth Moon’s books was right, I really enjoyed this. :) Although the story itself is based on a familiar science fiction trope, it’s one I usually enjoy, and it had some unique elements. It held my attention from beginning to end. Sometimes a certain......more

Quotes

“Ofelia—tough, kind, wise and unwise, fond of food, tired of foolish people—is one of the most probable heroines science fiction has ever known.” Ursula K. Le Guin, multiple-award-winning science fiction author

“A fascinating adventure of interspecies contact that includes the occasional masterfully rendered peek into the aliens’ unique mind-set. Enthusiasts for alien anthropology as well as Moon’s many fans should enjoy.” Booklist

“This anthropological approach to first encounters is highly recommended for sf collections.” Library Journal

“The quick pace of the action, the vibrant descriptions, and the quirky aliens and humans will keep readers engrossed in the story. Teens unfamiliar with science fiction will find this as intriguing as those who avidly read the genre.” School Library Journal

“In this entertaining but suspenseful first-contact novel, Elizabeth Moon’s apt depiction of the interaction between old and young plays counterpoint to the interaction between human and alien.” Amazon.com, editorial review

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