Dark Eden: A Novel
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Chris Beckett. (2014). Dark Eden: A Novel. Unabridged Books on Tape.

Chris Beckett. 2014. Dark Eden: A Novel. Books on Tape.

Chris Beckett, Dark Eden: A Novel. Books on Tape, 2014.

Chris Beckett. Dark Eden: A Novel. Unabridged Books on Tape, 2014.

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On the alien, sunless planet they call Eden, the 532 members of the Family shelter beneath the light and warmth of the Forest’s lantern trees. Beyond the Forest lie the mountains of the Snowy Dark and a cold so bitter and a night so profound that no man has ever crossed it.
The Oldest among the Family recount legends of a world where light came from the sky, where men and women made boats that could cross the stars. These ships brought us here, the Oldest say—and the Family must only wait for the travelers to return.
But young John Redlantern will break the laws of Eden, shatter the Family and change history. He will abandon the old ways, venture into the Dark…and discover the truth about their world.
Already remarkably acclaimed in the UK, Dark Eden is science fiction as literature; part parable, part powerful coming-of-age story, set in a truly original alien world of dark, sinister beauty—rendered in prose that is at once strikingly simple and stunningly inventive.
Reader List:
"John Redlantern" Read by Matthew Frow
“Tina Spiketree” Read by Jayne Entwistle
“Sue Redlantern” Read by Ione Butler
“Gerry Redlantern” Read by Robert Hook
“Gela Brooklyn” Read by Heather Wilds
“Mitch London” Read by Nicholas Guy Smith
“Carolyn Brooklyn” Read by Hannah Curtis
“Jeff Redlantern” Read by Bruce Mann

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   • content: "Poetic...Beckett renders the terror of the darkness beyond the forests with a riveting deftness that evokes all primordial fears of the unknown...There's plenty here to intrigue and entrance."
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     "A linguistic and imaginative tour de force." --The Guardian (UK)
     
     "Captivating and haunting...human plight and alien planet are both superbly evoked."
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   • source: Sunday Times
   • content: "A stunning novel and a beautiful evocation of a truly alien world."
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   • source: Locus
   • content: "Pure astonishment and pleasure, a storytelling ride full of brio and wonder."
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   • source: Reader's Digest
   • content: "Dazzlingly inventive... superbly well paced and well written... packed with ideas."
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   • content: "Brilliantly imaginative...a superb entertainment, a happy combination of speculative and literary fiction. Not to be missed."
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   • content: "A fantastic novel...Beckett has created a bizarre world of astounding imaginative vision, grounded by fundamental human conflicts."
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     "Riveting...a keenly imagined vision of the interaction between human nature and a truly alien world."
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   • content: An ensemble cast delivers the compelling story of a young man who forces part of his "family" to set out and explore the strange sunless planet where they are marooned, rather than just sit and wait for help. The story is told from the points of view of different characters. Matthew Frow does a notable job as the bold John Redlantern as do the narrators who portray the members of the "Bat-face" tribe, people born with cleft palates because of generations of inbreeding. All speak with rough British accents except for the word "family," which comes out as snide and childlike with a drawn-out "a" sound, an odd choice but one that eventually begins to sound appropriate. This production is impossible to turn off. M.S. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
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      February 3, 2014
      On an alien world, the inbred descendants of a cop and a criminal grapple with their future, but predictability mars a solid concept. Teenager John Redlantern sees a future beyond waiting for voyagers from Earth to rescue the Family, but his battles against tradition and the elements lead to only minor losses, while technology is recreated too easily to be credible. Beckett (The Peacock Cloak) hews too closely to historical patterns, such as the change from communal matriarchy to aggressive territorial patriarchy. The use of multiple narrators is clever, as are creatures like singing leopards and the changes to English over generations, but it’s not enough. The ending just confirms what readers will have suspected from early on—the last in a long series of missed opportunities. Agent: Michael Carlisle, Inkwell Management.

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On the alien, sunless planet they call Eden, the 532 members of the Family shelter beneath the light and warmth of the Forest’s lantern trees. Beyond the Forest lie the mountains of the Snowy Dark and a cold so bitter and a night so profound that no man has ever crossed it.
The Oldest among the Family recount legends of a world where light came from the sky, where men and women made boats that could cross the stars. These ships brought us here, the Oldest say—and the Family must only wait for the travelers to return.
But young John Redlantern will break the laws of Eden, shatter the Family and change history. He will abandon the old ways, venture into the Dark…and discover the truth about their world.
Already remarkably acclaimed in the UK, Dark Eden is science fiction as literature; part parable, part powerful coming-of-age story, set in a truly original alien world of dark, sinister beauty—rendered in prose that is at once strikingly simple...

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