Audiobook On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children, #2) by Alastair Reynolds in the ListenBook app
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Book description
On the Steel Breeze: A Galactic Road Trip with Trunks
Alastair Reynolds takes us back to the stars with all the enthusiasm of a kid let loose in a cosmic candy store, and honestly, we're here for it.
Following up on "Blue Remembered Earth," this second installment in the Poseidon's Children series proves that Reynolds hasn't just mastered the art of hard science fiction - he's turned it into a full-blown circus act, complete with pachyderm performers.
The year is 3014 (I think? Time gets weird in space), and humanity's decided that generation ships are apparently still trendy enough to warrant a sequel. Chiku Akinya, our new protagonist with suspiciously convenient family ties to the previous book, embarks on what can only be described as the ultimate long-haul flight - a 220-year journey to check out some random extrasolar planet.
But here's where Reynolds really leans into his "mad scientist" roots: instead of just sending people, he's packed the whole caravan with massive iceteroid 'holoships' and enough elephants to make Noah himself weep with envy. Yes, elephants. In space. With trunks. Lots and lots of trunks.
The audiobook format really works in Reynolds' favor here. Having a narrator tackle the more technical aspects of human versus artificial intelligence tensions while simultaneously describing pachyderms in zero gravity? That's comedy gold, folks.
Reynolds brings his background as an actual space scientist to bear, crafting a universe that feels lived-in rather than constructed. The man knows his stuff - he's gone from studying the cosmos to writing about it, which is like upgrading from watching cooking shows to actually running a restaurant, except the restaurant is in another galaxy.
What's particularly charming is how Reynolds manages to be both utterly serious about his science and completely whimsical about his plot choices. This is a man who spent years in the Netherlands doing Very Important Science, then came home to Wales to write about elephants in space. There's something delightfully rebellious about that.
The audiobook narration likely helps smooth over some of Reynolds' more complex technical explanations, making the AI-human dynamics more accessible while keeping the wonder intact. Plus, someone gets to say "iceteroid holoships" out loud, which is worth the price of admission alone.
" On the Steel Breeze" succeeds as both sequel and standalone novel - a tricky balance that Reynolds handles with the same casual competence he brings to interstellar travel. It's like he's saying, "Sure, I'll write about humanity's expansion into the universe, but first, let's talk about why we've brought several tons of elephant with us."
Sometimes the best science fiction isn't about predicting the future - it's about making us laugh at how ridiculous our present assumptions about it might be. Reynolds has always been good at that, and here he's brought the circus animals too.
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