The Free Lunch, Spider Robinson
The Free Lunch, Spider Robinson
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The Free Lunch

Author: Spider Robinson

Narrator: Spider Robinson

Unabridged: 7 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/02/2013

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Under the faade of the worlds finest theme park lies a secret which could alter the course of human history. Mike and Annie, refugees from the world outside, find a home underground, behind the scenes of Dreamworld, a theme park where hope exists as it does nowhere else. But Dreamworld is threatened by a jealous competitor who kills what he cant have. As if this were not trouble enough, the two discover that each day there are more of the trolls who maintain Dreamworld than there were the day before. As the trolls continue to multiply, they must discover why, or it could mean the end of Dreamworldand therealworld. Knotted in conflict and turmoil, what was a wonderful, carefree place becomes a battleground on which Earths future is at stake. Only Mike and Annie, two unconventional heroes, can save it.

About Spider Robinson

Spider Robinson
is renowned for his Callahan’s Place series of bestselling novels. With his late wife, Jeanne, he wrote the award-winning Stardance series. As an
audiobook reader of his own and others’ work, he has won the Earphones Award
and been a finalist for the Audie Awards. In 2008, he won the Robert A.
Heinlein Award for Lifetime Excellence in Literature.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on June 30, 2017

Another light SF read very similar to Heinlein's juveniles down to much of the writing style. The characters were very much Heinlein's. I could often tell what Annie was going to say before she said it. The setting, Dream World, features a Heinlein section with settings from some of his books. For a......more

Goodreads review by Craig on September 13, 2021

The Free Lunch is an entertaining near-future stand-alone novel set in an amusement park. It's a bit out of the scope of of Robinson's usual work, as it features a young protagonist and isn't rife with puns and jokes. (Though there are clear nods to Robert A. Heinlein... TANSTAAFL.) I would say it h......more

Goodreads review by Willow on August 14, 2015

More like 2.5 stars, really. The Good: Mike may not be a badass like Ender, but he'd feel at home in Battle School, methinks. Exceedingly smart children are fun protagonists to watch, and Mike is very self-reflective and aware. Annie, too, makes for an interesting mentor -- one who can kick a liberal......more

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