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Title: Spindown

Author: George Wright Padgett

Narrator: Andrew Mcferrin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-13

Publisher: Grey Gecko Press

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

For over a hundred and fifty years, the rarest and most valuable substance in the solar system has been mined from the only location where it exists in significant quantity: Jupiter's largest moon, Ganymede.

For all of this time, the remote mining outpost has been serviced by clone slaves who are drugged into mindlessness, and all of it has been monitored, controlled, and administered by the artificial intelligence known as Prinox.

But what happens when a failed rescue mission causes a small band of escaped clones to begin questioning their lives, their society, and their very existence? Hunted by deadly killing machines, confused and scared, these renegade slaves are about to find out-for better or worse - just what it means to be human.

Members Reviews:

Great hard sci-fi written in a classic style

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Very thought provoking, but mixed with enough action to keep everything moving.

What other book might you compare Spindown to and why?

Asimov, and Clarke stories

Which scene was your favorite?

Without giving any spoilers, I was moved by Fowler & Sholve's final scene at the superintendent station.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Buck's explanation at the dock of the spacecraft and Roon's choice to return to a housing compartment

It is an interesting take on clones

First thoughts about the cover for Spindown? Oh look, planets! I wonder if there are going to be spaceships. Or aliens! Aliens with tentacles worry me though.

The main character is Fowler 3085 for the most part. He is a clone. Most of the characters in this book are either clones or machines. There are a few non-clones, but they are few and far between. Whats awesome about this story is the clones at first remind me of the machines more humans. As the story goes on, Fowler learns what it is like to be more human with each passing moment.

This story focuses on the clones trying to escape the machines making them Dormant Dead by getting to the Superintendent. It is a rather interesting take on what being a human will be, could be, and should be. Before the clones start realizing what they are, who they are, they think about themselves as almost one person per clone type. This is very obvious when they are in a killing chamber and see some of their clone selves dead on slabs.

It is an interesting take on clones, future technologies, and living on a different planet. The clones are the workers that are mining the planet for this rare ore. From start to finish they are in charge of the whole process. The only none-clones are in Superintendent Quarters. The Superintendent is little more than a hostess for anyone that visits the planet, and to watch to make sure the shipments get shipped off planet on schedule.

The narrator is Andrew Mcferrin. His voice is calm and melodic. I like his different voices he uses for the females in this story. Even when theyre thinking to themselves he uses their voices. Sholvs voice had me forgetting that it is a man saying her voice. This book has a lot of graphic scenes. It is a very good read and/or listen. I wouldnt recommend it to a young audience though. The author is George Wright Padgett. This book is 17 hours and 32 minutes long.

This book left me thinking about the future mankind is creating for itself.