The Afterlives

The Afterlives by Thomas Pierce

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


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Thomas Pierce brings a whole new meaning to the term 'speculative fiction'. Basically, this book consists of speculation regarding life after death, time, and reality. He uses fiction to illustrate his ruminations. I listened to this in audio format. Had I attempted a text version I'd likely have DNFed it. There is precious little plot and the characters are ho-hum. Listening to it as I went about doing other things was fine and some of the ideas were interesting but hardly original. This definitely is NOT a page turner. If you're looking for a strong plot and some excitement you'd best move on. If what you want is something to break the silence and you don't like radio or television - and I don't - you might give this a try. it's far from unpleasant but not very stimulating either.



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