paperback, 350 pages
Published Jan. 9, 2015 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
When an experiment to study quantum uncertainty goes spectacularly wrong, physics student Richard and his friends find that they have accidentally created an inter-dimensional portal. They connect to an alternate Earth with identical geology, but where humans never evolved. They go panning for gold and become millionaires overnight, while fantasizing about Nobel Prizes and patents.
Then the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts on Earth in an explosion large enough to destroy civilization and kill half the planet. Richard and his friends have less than an afternoon to get as many people as possible across to Outland before Nebraska is covered in a lethal cloud of ash.
Now Richard finds himself in charge of a disorganized and frightened band of reluctant pioneers, on a world with none of the modern infrastructure that people have come to depend on. Richard has been a loner all his life, and has always wanted to be part …
When an experiment to study quantum uncertainty goes spectacularly wrong, physics student Richard and his friends find that they have accidentally created an inter-dimensional portal. They connect to an alternate Earth with identical geology, but where humans never evolved. They go panning for gold and become millionaires overnight, while fantasizing about Nobel Prizes and patents.
Then the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts on Earth in an explosion large enough to destroy civilization and kill half the planet. Richard and his friends have less than an afternoon to get as many people as possible across to Outland before Nebraska is covered in a lethal cloud of ash.
Now Richard finds himself in charge of a disorganized and frightened band of reluctant pioneers, on a world with none of the modern infrastructure that people have come to depend on. Richard has been a loner all his life, and has always wanted to be part of something bigger– but this is far more than he bargained for. If he doesn’t get this right, it’s not just the lives of the people in his care that could be lost– it may very well be the end of human civilization.
As a sci-fi fan, this is one of my favourites. The characters are believable and I entirely agree it would be hard to live without coffee in a post-apocalyptic world. Really looking forward to the sequel.
Frisch gelesen wurde: Outland von Dennis E. Talyor. Diesmal gehts nicht um KI im Weltraum, sondern um Wahrscheinlichkeitsverschiebung im Raum. Stargate und Sliders lassen grüssen. Die Geschichte erzählt die Entwicklung einiger Studenten und deren Verwicklungen mit dieser verantwortungsvoll umzugehen. Dann gibt es eine globale Katastrophe und die Geschichte wandelt sich von einer Entdeckungs- zu einer Überlebensgeschichte.
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Almost didn't finish. It was thát bad. Please, dear authors, if you want to 'republish' your previous self-published material, by all that's good and real... hire a beep editor. One who is actually critical on the story and the plot and the writing style. Consider your self-published stuff to be a first draft and work from there.
Because... this was awful. Yes, Dennis' storytelling is already there, it shines through the muck.
The writing is sexist (yes he tries to create 'strong women', but fails miserably, the story is Pratchett & Baxter's Long Earth-fanfic. It has plotholes the size of er, well a very large dinosaur.
Still, there was the potential for a story, that's why I finished the book. I really hope the sequels will be current writing work, not rehashed crappy old writing.
