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Title: Interrupt
Author: Jeff Carlson
Narrator: Chris Snelgrove
Format: Unabridged
Length: 34 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-08-15
Publisher: Audible Studios
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Publisher's Summary:
"Interrupt" is one of 16 stories contained in Jeff Carlson's Long Eyes and Other Stories, a collection of tales about strange worlds, biotech, commandos, and the girl next door.
Members Reviews:
Not perfect, but a good read
"Interrupt" is a novel that is based on the idea earlier explored by Carlson in a short story form. Perhaps if I didn't read the short story first, I'd like the novel better. The short story was tighter, more focused.
Carlson writes good main characters. Their motivations are clear to the reader, rather than contrived or irrational. His secondary characters tend to be more sketchy, lacking depth and individuality. But Carlson keeps the story going and keeps the reader engrossed in the action, so it makes for an enjoyable read.
Disregarding the disagreements I have with Carlson's "science" part of this work of fiction, it's a fine book I recommend without hesitation.
Unfortunately, the speculative science in the novel was unconvincing for me. Here are some major flaws (spoilers follow):
* Why were the "higher order," larger animals affected? Doesn't that not mesh with the thriving megafauna 30-50K years ago? Wolves and elephants aren't any stupider than dogs, yet by Carlson's logic they should have been affected and become "feral".
* Homo sapient existed and had tools and culture (including art) for over 100K years. Australian aborigines arrived in Australia 50K-125K years ago, well during the age of Neanderthals in N. Europe. That doesn't mesh with Carlson's speculation about the pulse effects. Making a boat or a raft and navigating it across open water requires more sophistication than Carlson proposes for the pulse-affected Homo sapients.
* Newer science shows that Neanderthals had cared for the old and infirm and had buried their children with a lot of care. This science may post-date Carlson's novel, but it unfortunately detracts from the plausibility of his hypothesis of Neanderthals' culture and society.
* Carlson postulates that the Neanderthal "personality imprints" were inherited through interbreeding. Yet the first thing his "resurrected" Neanderthals focus on is the extermination of humans without sufficient Neanderthal "inheritance". That is self-contradictory.
Shocking Science Non-Nonfiction!
I read this book a couple weeks ago when it first came out. I came on Amazon today to order one as a birthday present for a friend and noticed several reviews criticizing the plot for relying on the unbelievable premise that sun flare EMPs cause technology disruptions and affect certain humans in a certain way, and I had to respond to warn all the realists and literalists out there who might have mistaken this for science nonfiction...
**NEWS FLASH**
Interrupt is a work of science fiction that will be more enjoyable for readers who are able to suspend disbelief.
If you hated Jurassic Park simply because you couldn't get past the idea that cloning dinosaurs might be scientifically feasible, then Interrupt is probably not for you.
The author has artfully "infused human interest and a semblance of truth into a fantastic tale", like EVERY other good sci-fi novel. The characters are human and behave realistically under their circumstances. I found it easy to relate to the main character. The science was interesting and somewhat technical but not too complex and helped the plot.
