Roboteer, Alex Lamb
Roboteer, Alex Lamb
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Roboteer

Author: Alex Lamb

Narrator: Peter Noble

Unabridged: 16 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Gollancz

Published: 08/17/2017

Synopsis

The starship Ariel is on a mission of the utmost secrecy, upon which the fate of thousands of lives depend. Though the ship is a mile long, its six crew are crammed into a space barely large enough for them to stand. Five are officers, geniuses in their field. The other is Will Kuno-Monet, the man responsible for single-handedly running a ship comprised of the most dangerous and delicate technology that mankind has ever devised. He is the Roboteer.
Roboteer is a hard-SF novel set in a future in which the colonization of the stars has turned out to be anything but easy, and civilization on Earth has collapsed under the pressure of relentless mutual terrorism. Small human settlements cling to barely habitable planets. Without support from a home-world they have had to develop ways of life heavily dependent on robotics and genetic engineering. Then out of the ruins of Earth's once great empire, a new force arises - a world-spanning religion bent on the conversion of all mankind to its creed. It sends fleets of starships to reclaim the colonies. But the colonies don't want to be reclaimed. Mankind's first interstellar war begins. It is dirty, dangerous and hideously costly.
Will is a man bred to interface with the robots that his home-world Galatea desperately needs to survive. He finds himself sent behind enemy lines to discover the secret of their newest weapon. What he discovers will transform their understanding of both science and civilization forever... but at a cost.

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(p) Orion Publishing Group with Audible Ltd 2017

About Alex Lamb

Alexander Lamb splits his time between writing science fiction, software engineering, teaching improvised theater, running business communication skills workshops, and conducting complex systems research.He is currently working on mobile applications for the publishing industry, and also on the large-scale simulation of battlefields for the US Department of Defense, for the purposes of enabling the evacuation of soldiers by robot. He currently lives in Santa Cruz, CA with his wife, Genevieve Graves, an astrophysicist also at the university there, and their three month old son.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dirk on December 25, 2018

So. The new Space Opera. Is it just me or has there been an influx of this sort of thing the last few years? And I’m certainly not complaining. Roboteer is the first in a trilogy, but it is also the debut novel by the author. It succeeds well enough in both these instances. Yes, there are some issues,......more

Goodreads review by Liviu on August 26, 2015

fast and fun so far (about 100 pages in); curious if it will hold my interest as the politics and characters are very cardboard so far, but the sfnal stuff is exciting finally finished the book and it was a fast but ultimately unmemorable read - mostly cliched stuff about a religious empire which pla......more

Goodreads review by A Reader's Heaven on March 27, 2017

(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.) The starship Ariel is on a mission of the utmost secrecy, upon which the fate of thousands of lives depend. Though the ship is a mile long, its six crew are crammed into a space barely large enough for them to sta......more

Goodreads review by Edward on April 23, 2015

It has been a few years since I last read a Space Opera, and judging by ROBOTEER Space Opera is still in very fine shape. Alex Lamb invents some high concepts and intriguing technologies, and then shows off a real gift for explaining them in a simple and fascinating way. A riveting story of the human......more

Goodreads review by Kate on January 03, 2018

I thoroughly enjoyed this! Fast science fiction adventure with great characters and intriguing technologies. Very hard to put down.......more

Quotes

Alex Lamb has crafted a terrific debut novel. If the subsequent volumes are as good as this one then Lamb will surely be prominent in many an SF fan's bookcase. Starburst Magazine

Alex Lamb's debut, Roboteer is hands down an awesome debut. Science FIction is a saturated genre but Roboteer breaks through it and, well smashes through with is with some very cool new ideas.... From the big picture of world building down to the critical features of mechanisms that make it twist and turn, the technology, and most importantly the characters, everything is shows until into the fine detail. I am looking forward to reading more of Alex Lamb's books, if this is just the start, hang on to your hats! The Book Plank

Although Lamb draws everything together in a satisfying way, there is clearly room for much more to be told about this universe and its characters. I don't know whether a sequel is planned or under way, but I hope so as I look forward to travelling there again! SF Crowsnest

a fast paced, action adventure of a novel, with a good core protagonist/antagonist, within a universe I'm dying to hear more about. Worth picking up! SF&F Reviews

Lamb's got so many ideas that they almost spill off the pages, and telling the story from both sides is a smart way of balancing the argument. Sci-Fi Now

Lamb shares Hamilton's ability to sustain a breakneck narrative where you always want to rush ahead and see what happens next. hugely promising SFX

Roboteer hits the ground running...Lamb handles the politics without resorting to info dumps and in Will has created a sympathetic and well-rounded hero The Guardian

Roboteer is a wonderful mix of classic and original science fiction. Its plot is enormously enjoyable, putting us on the edge of our seat for much of the time. Alex Lamb writes so well and he also knows how to engage us with his characters. It is a very visual novel. There are moments of wonder, which I need in science fiction, and there are also great mysteries - none of which I've mentioned here as you need to discover them for yourselves. Above all else, though, Roboteeer is great fun! For Winter's Nights

Lamb's worldbuilding is excellent: we see multiple levels of society in both tranches of humanity through assorted characters that are deftly drawn.... Lamb leaves you wanting to learn more about all the societies he introduces... Sf Bulletin

with cracking storytelling, top notch prose and a good helping cracking universe building all round gives the reader a book that is fun to spend time between the sheets with. Falcata Times

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