From the New York Times-bestselling author of War Dogs: A novel that “may be the best constructed hard SF epic yet” (The Washington Post). In a supernova flash, the asteroid arrived and entered Earth’s orbit. Three hundred kilometers in length, it is not solid rock but a series of hollowed-out chambers housing ancient, abandoned cities of human origin, a civilization named Thistledown. The … a civilization named Thistledown. The people who lived there survived a nuclear holocaust that nearly rendered humanity extinct–more than a thousand years from now.
To prevent this future from coming to pass, theoretical mathematician Patricia Vasquez must explore Thistledown and decipher its secret history. But what she discovers is an even greater mystery, a tunnel that exists beyond the physical dimensions of the asteroid. Called the Way, it leads to the home of humanity’s descendants, and to a conflict greater than the impending war between Earth’s superpowers over the fate of the asteroid, in “the grandest work yet” by Nebula Award-winning author Greg Bear (Locus).
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Eon is loaded with Greg Bear’s specialty, Sci Fi written with hard science. A nerds dream! Bear is a master at weaving fact with fiction, science with imagination. He takes todays science and says “where might this lead” and then writes a story. I highly recommend his books. Z
Eon was the first Greg Bear novel I read and an amazing chance find, in an airport bookshop. It has everything a good science fiction novel needs. Concepts that stretch the mind, a plot that keeps you engaged and wanting to read and excellent writing skills. It’s one of a small group of novels that I regularly re-read.
A good hard SF book for most of the story. Then it wimps out at the end. Disappointing ending. I recommend Vernor Vinge or Allen Steele instead.
It’s been a long time since I read the book but it was interesting.
Like all Bear’s books, intelligent, well written and entertaining.
I am ready for my third reading of this epic novel. Great action, original, and full of the kind of adventure you are hoping to receive. Great dynamics, and a different action event in nearly every chapter. One of my all time favorites. Be ready for adventure, and a genuine epic filled with action, adventure and awe. You will love this book.
Eon was one of the first hard science fiction novels I ever read (many years ago). It was fascinating but also very complex. At times I thought my head was going to explode from trying to understand the science! However, exploding head or not, I thoroughly enjoyed Eon and definitely recommend it to hard sci-fi fans.
my favorite book of all time
I have always loved books about space and astronauts. This is about a visit by a ship built by aliens who turn out to be something very different. It is very believable and amazing in its scope.
Hard sci-fi. I love this book even though I hated the ending, or maybe I should say the epilogue. I don’t like cliffhangers.
Really excellent, truly original ideas.
This is what you would call a BDO (big dumb object) in the sky type of novel. Where some mysterious object shows up in space and then we have to figure out what it is. When done well, like this book, I really like them. they are fun. I would put this in the same category of books as Clarke’s Rendevous with Rama, John Varley’s Gaia trilogy, …
Global nuclear war threatens Earth as a hollow asteroid generation starship from the future turns out to be the doorway of an infinitely long corridor of portals to alternate universes, along which travels Axis City, at war with the alien Jart.
Outstandingly written hard sci-fi – the best in the business
Read this when first published and still entertains my thoughts a great read along with the rest of the series.
The tale of a universe intruding in our own and making us learn and grow. It’s tragic and telling and full of people. I love it if the series best.
Story moved pretty slowly. Seemed like too many stories within the overall book. Lots of characters, lots of pages devoted to each. Just seemed like too much.
Greg Bear is a fine writer. This one was rather esoteric for a while before it began to click and gradually the pieces all came together as a sequel to Eternity. He has an amazing imagination and an ability in this book to take you way out to the end of time and back! Has real depth and vision as well as entertaining and engaging.
Bear’s description of the interior of this asteroid totally fails to set the scene in the reader’s mind, so that all place descriptions and directions (“north” “south”, “up” “down” ) are incomprehensible throughout the novel. The scientific principles that are used, chiefly the physics and mathematics of relativity, are insufficiently explained …
Was an ok book, I should have read the others first.