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Wildly praised by readers and critics alike, Robert Charles Wilson's Spin won science fiction's highest honor, the Hugo Award for Best Novel. Now, in Spin's direct sequel, Axis, Wilson takes us to the "world next door"--the planet engineered by the mysterious Hypotheticals to support human life, and connected to Earth by way of the Arch that towers hundreds of miles over the Indian Ocean. Humans are colonizing this new world--and, predictably, fiercely exploiting its resources, chiefly large deposits of oil in the western deserts of the continent of Equatoria. Lise Adams is a young woman attempting to uncover the mystery of her father's disappearance ten years earlier. Turk Findley is an ex-sailor and sometimes-drifter. They come together when an infall of cometary dust seeds the planet with tiny remnant Hypothetical machines. Soon, this seemingly hospitable world will become very alien indeed--as the nature of time is once again twisted, by entities unknown.
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"Great follow-on to the excellent "Spin". Is there a god? If so, would mere humans be able to ascertain god's motives in the grand scheme? Those are the questions he's set himself up to tackle in the third book. I look forward to seeing how he does it. "
— Andy (4 out of 5 stars)
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Spin is many things: psychological novel, technological thriller, apocalyptic picaresque, cosmological meditation. But it is, foremost, the first major SF novel of 2005, another triumph for Robert Charles Wilson in a long string of triumphs.
— Locus -
Wide-ranging and well-crafted….Wilson's most ambitious and most successful novel to date.
— San Diego Union-Tribune on Spin -
Robert Charles Wilson is one of the best science-fiction writers alive--a fact borne out in his latest work….Spin is the best science-fiction novel so far this year.
— Rocky Mountain News -
An astonishingly successful mélange of SF thriller, growing-up saga, tender love story, father-son conflict, ecological parable and apocalyptic fable in prose that sings the music of the spheres.
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Spin -
The long-anticipated marriage between the hard sf novel and the literary novel, resulting in an offspring possessing the robust ideational vigor of the former with the graceful narrative subtleties of the latter, might finally have occurred in the form of Robert Charles Wilson's Spin.…Wilson does so many fine things, it's hard to know where to begin to praise him.
— The Washington Post -
“I'm not a big science-fiction fan, but I'll read anything with a story and a low geek factor. Wilson is a hell of a storyteller, and the geek factor in his books is zero. Like Battletsar Galactica on TV, this is SF that doesn't know it's SF…There's plenty of imagination here, as well as character and heart.
— Stephen King on Spin
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Winner of iTunes Best Audiobooks, 2008
Axis Listener Reviews
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" supposed to be a sequel to Spin, but it does not follow any of the characters from Spin - just later events in the same universe. So far, not so good... (Tune in for more details once/if I finish it.) "
— Jamie, 2/16/2014 -
" Excellent science fiction--but read Spin first, as this is a sequel to that novel. "
— Pamela, 1/28/2014 -
" well. I have to read the last one now, but this one was not as good as the first. the series is in danger of becoming to abstract for my liking...but i will soldier on. "
— Diane, 1/9/2014 -
" Axis is the sequel to Spin, which I thought was phenomenal. Axis was good, but it just couldn't compare. I hope Vortex, the third in the series, blows me away like Spin did! "
— Deanna, 1/8/2014 -
" amazing book... I'm not usually a big SF fan, but this is one of the best books (science fiction or not) I've ever read. great storytelling, character development, plot, and flow. "
— Greg, 1/7/2014 -
" A serviceable story but a far cry from the brilliance of Spin. "
— Ben, 1/1/2014 -
" I enjoyed the characters but I just wish there was more to this story. It had so much potential to make this a great adventure but the government gives up as soon as the fourths start to run and your favorite characters all die off so easily. I had this feeling that he was going somewhere great with this but just gave up and decided to just end the story. I still enjoyed this read, maybe another book may come out to take on another perspective of the Hypotheticals. Maybe a prequel, the beginning of the Hypotheticals or another civilazation that inhabits another world through one of the many arches. One can only hope. "
— Nemesis2me, 12/29/2013 -
" A good book but not great. Enjoyed Spin better. Will finish reading the series. "
— Matt, 12/23/2013 -
" Fast read, it was ok. "
— Dan, 12/3/2013 -
" Not as good as "Spin," but it still holds its own. If you liked "Spin" you will like "Axis." It will leave you wondering what is up next for the next installment "Vortex." "
— Adam, 11/1/2013 -
" Def not as good as Spin. But like continued exploration of idea of nature of AI intelligence, esp whether it is "godlike" or not (does it have a collective purpose?). "
— Marsha, 10/28/2013 -
" A very solid follow-up to Spin. Pretty solid plot, decent character development and actions. "
— Keith, 10/25/2013 -
" this book was ok, but nowhere near as good as its prequel. a little disappointed. "
— Clayton, 10/11/2013 -
" Okee vervolg op Spin. Die vond ik toch beter. "
— Edelhart, 8/9/2013 -
" I read this because Spin was so good. This book was no where near as good, it is a sequel though all new characters (well mostly). It just doesn't have the magic idea Spin had and that disappoints. "
— James, 11/20/2012 -
" I liked it well enough but... what just happened? I'm getting a little fed up with the Hypotheticals and the lack of answers. I guess that's the point, but it feels a bit like the 3rd season of Lost. Spin (its predecessor) had more focus, and worked as a stand-alone book. "
— Farida, 11/7/2012 -
" Not as incredible as the first book in the series, but still pretty good. Ended a bit abruptly, which might just be setup for the third book. "
— Waqas, 8/14/2012 -
" Not quite as amazing as the first as most of the concepts that made the first book so great are continued here. It is more of a story set in a science fiction universe than a sci-fi book, and that's a good thing. It continues the arc of the first book and answers more questions than it raises. "
— Jack, 6/17/2012 -
" Ok follow up to Spin. We'll see if there is a 3rd and it delivers. "
— Sam, 6/7/2012 -
" A sort of sequel to spin with more action and consideration of what it means to be human and to love. "
— Nick, 3/25/2012 -
" I would give this a 4.5 if the star system allowed for it. So good! I liked it even better than Spin. Toward the end, incredible alien imagery, mystery, beauty, and no predictable outcomes. "
— Ruinesque, 8/17/2011 -
" Good sequel, but near as good as Spin. After identifying with the characters in Spin, I had a hard time with the new characters in Axis at first. "
— Stephanie, 5/14/2011 -
" Nowhere near as profound or mind-boggling as "Spin", this sequel is more of a quick adventure romp in the universe of its predecessor. Ultimately little is learned about the Hypotheticals, and although Wilson's prose is as good as ever, the story is quickly forgettable. "
— Daniel, 5/3/2011 -
" Great book. Can't wait for the sequel (Vortex). "
— Mirek, 4/25/2011 -
" Not as good as Spin. This felt cobbled together and poorly thought out. I hoped for much, much more. "
— Matthew, 4/10/2011 -
" This was the Spider-Man 2 of this series: a lot of talk about feelings and relationships, not much action. "
— doug, 3/8/2011 -
" Not as good as the first book in the series (called Spin), but still very interesting. Can't wait for the third one to come out this summer. "
— Matthew, 2/25/2011 -
" I just read this in preparation for the third book, really. I knew it wasn't going to be terribly exciting. It was a little more boring than I expected. "
— Stargrave, 2/20/2011 -
" As good as Spin was, this was not. Took me forever to finish and didn't enjoy it at all. "
— Chris, 2/3/2011 -
" Not as good as the first book of the series. But, still readable. "
— Sean, 1/7/2011 -
" Nice sequel to Spin. Entertaining, thought provoking not deep but galactic scale... "
— Bill, 12/13/2010 -
" The sequel to "Spin". Pretty awesome book, though I preferred its predecessor. "
— Joel, 10/27/2010 -
" this book was ok, but nowhere near as good as its prequel. a little disappointed. "
— Clayton, 9/13/2010
About Robert Charles Wilson
Robert Charles Wilson is an Aurora and Philip K. Dick Award winner, a Nebula Award finalist, and the author of twelve published novels; his novel Blind Lake was a New York Times Notable Book. He currently resides in Toronto.
About Scott Brick
Scott Brick, an acclaimed voice artist, screenwriter, and actor, has performed on film, television, and radio. He attended UCLA and spent ten years in a traveling Shakespeare company. Passionate about the spoken word, he has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks. winning won more than fifty AudioFile Earphones Awards and several of the prestigious Audie Awards. He was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine and the Voice of Choice for 2016 by Booklist magazine.