The First Generation, JR Rodama
The First Generation, JR Rodama
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The First Generation

Author: JR Rodama

Narrator: Kim Ramón

Unabridged: 4 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: JR Rodama

Published: 03/23/2021


Synopsis

Words matter because words become matter...Ignacio House goes to math class and soccer practice every day, you know, like other average kids. Fixing bikes, watching movies, walking home after school with Isabel... Life is pretty normal in middle-of-nowhere Colorado. At least until Ignacio wakes from cryogenic suspension to discover that he's been asleep for a year, and terrible creatures have invaded Earth and enslaved the human race.The "Unmentionables" drag whip-claws along the ground, race faster than velociraptors, and loom larger than giraffes. Their screeches are loud enough to crack your skull right open. And the worst part? We made them. The Unmentionables grew out of all the hateful, dark, and wicked words ever spoken by human beings. The situation is crazy loco, especially because five kids plucked from middle-of-nowhere towns around the world are humanity's only hope for survival. Good thing a giant alien octopus teaches them how to use their powers...Yeah, that's right. These kids have been given the power to bring words to life. Mythical dragons, giants, ice breath, telepathy... They are the First Generation with the power to turn words into matter.Humanity's worst words spawned horrible aliens that seek to destroy us. Is it too late for the First Generation to stop them?

Reviews

Goodreads review by bencreeth on January 31, 2024

There are some interesting insights here, and data driven journalism can be used to highlight how many environmental metrics have turned a corner in recent years, BUT this book is oversimplified at best and dangerous at worst. It starts by paraphrasing Factfulness, a book which rested entirely on the......more

Goodreads review by Louise on December 03, 2023

We are bombarded by doomsday headlines that tell us the soil won't be able to support crops, fish will vanish from our oceans, that we should reconsider having children. But in this bold, radically hopeful book, data scientist Hannah Ritchie argues that if we zoom out, a very different picture emerg......more

Goodreads review by Katie on March 16, 2024

(Audiobook)Cannot recommend this book highly enough for anxious environmentalists. Did exactly what I needed it to - want to listen again already but make notes this time. Accessible, data rich and considered in the way it approached environmental issues from diverse perspectives (political, economi......more

Goodreads review by Kate on January 18, 2024

How do you alert people to the seriousness of the environmental challenges we face, while not making them feel despairing or helpless? When you want people to take action, is it better to inspire them or scare them? This is the dilemma that Not the End of the World addresses. It does not shy away fro......more