Audiobook Ultima by Stephen Baxter in the ListenBook app
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Book description
Ultima by Stephen Baxter
Baxter returns to the universe of Proxima, expanding on concepts that felt vast even then. The alien artifacts-those hatches across space-have changed everything. Humanity's reach now spans light-years, but at a cost few anticipated.
What follows is classic Baxter: hard science fiction that doesn't compromise on the science. The ancient minds revealed here operate on timescales that dwarf human civilization. Their plans for humanity feel both inevitable and terrifying.
The audiobook format serves Baxter's work well. His ideas need time to unfold, and the spoken word allows listeners to absorb the complex cosmology without rushing. The narrative moves between multiple timelines, showing how countless pasts converge on a single, finite future.
This isn't space opera concerned with character drama. It's big idea science fiction that asks uncomfortable questions about humanity's place in a universe that may not want us here. The engineering background Baxter brings-Cambridge mathematics, aeroengineering doctorate-shows in every technical detail.
Listeners familiar with Proxima will appreciate how Ultima builds on established concepts while pushing them into darker territory. The collaboration with Terry Pratchett on Long Earth proved Baxter can work with others. Here he's working alone, and the focus shows.
The true horror isn't alien intelligence. It's realizing our future may be shorter than we believed. That fight for control-humanity's last desperate grab at agency-forms the emotional core beneath all the quantum mechanics and temporal mechanics.
Baxter has always been ambitious. Ultima proves he's still reaching higher than most science fiction writers dare. The audiobook delivers his vision with clarity and purpose. Essential listening for fans of hard science fiction that doesn't flinch.
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Download audiobooks from any site in any of the supported formats.
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Live sound processing
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If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Listening to audio lectures
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience
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