Jennifer Mcpeak asked this question about Cloud Cuckoo Land:
Did we ever find out if all of the passengers on the Argos died from the mystery illness, or were they evacuated? Was the whole experiment just abandoned? What the heck happened once Konstance got out? I listened to this as an audiobook and wonder if I somehow missed that. If that part of the tale was just skipped over, it feels like a rather enormous hole in the story. If you know the answers, do tell!
Judith Ilium scammed the original Argos crew into joining the "mission", which was actually just an earthbound prototype for possible future space travel. Il…moreIlium scammed the original Argos crew into joining the "mission", which was actually just an earthbound prototype for possible future space travel. Ilium eventually abandoned the project, germs breached the aging Argos structure, & only Konstance survived. We never find out exactly who or what Ilium is, it's role in eco-terrorism (if any), or the aftermath of the Argos debacle...but everyone seems to agree that's a gaping hole in an otherwise detailed & complex plot! (less)
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by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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