Demon

Gaean Trilogy, Book 3

By: John Varley

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Titan, Wizard, and Demon have enthralled a generation of readers with adventure, humor, horror, and dazzling imagination. Now, in the epic conclusion of John Varley's masterpiece, the satellite-sized Gaea has gone completely insane. She has trapped humans in her mind. She has transformed her love of old movies into monstrous realities. She is Marilyn Monroe. She is King Kong. And she must be destroyed.Download more titles in John Varley's Gaea series, including book 1, Titan, and book 2, Wizard.©1984 John Varley (P)2008 Audible

still good, but more fantasy than SciFi

Titan and Wizard were both SciFi; nothing in them happened that couldn't be explained by hyper-advanced versions of existing tech. Demon, the last book in the trilogy, is very different; it still pays lip-service to SciFi, but a lot of magical things happen (e.g. Cirocco's powers of endurance, Monroe's durability, etc) without even the vague excuse of "tech so advanced...". This may be off-putting to SciFi fans, and it does erode the stakes somewhat now we have no way of guessing what is or isn't possible, but it never got so silly as to be story-breaking, and as long as people could for-real, no-backsies die, the stakes never dropped to zero; it has a great plot and good characters, and it has some cool ideas that MIGHT be possible, just as SciFi should - the idea of an entirely organic film festival (complete with living cameras that eat silver nitrate to make film) is especially intriguing IMO. Also, there are some exciting set-pieces. If you liked the first two, and you can tolerate a drop in realism, I think you will find this a fitting end to the series. Plus, we finally get to meet Oceanis, which is one of my favorite parts 😉

Loved it when I read it years ago

And loved the entire series again in audio. The characters are compelling and the world of Gaea is inventive and the creatures Gaea made inspired by Earth movies are wonderful. The Titanides are centaurs with a complex reproductive system involving up to 4 parents and they are particularly appealing. They use the names of the Greek musical modes (Aeolian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian) coupled with the words "solo", "duet", "trio" or "quartet" to describe the number of parents the individual has, and the ways in which genetic material is transferred between them. They are also brightly colored with intricate patterns.
I never forgot the Titanides or the Blimps or Cirroco Jones from my early reading of the trilogy and it was great fun to relive the experience in the audio version.
In this final episode Cirocco Jones is at war with Gaea and her human movie studio contingent. It's my least favorite of the series and it's still a 5 star listen.

I am a fan of the entire series!

I started from book one and followed through all the way to the end. The story kept my attention and I could not take the headphones off. A very good read!

Good story, good narrator, but the...

music plays over the narrator at times, it's incredibly annoying and loud. It's just a few times for a minute or so; however, if your trying to relax it's jarring. I hope they redo this with a cleaner production.

Had to finish trilogy

Loved first book, 2nd at least as well, this one had zombies, a sadistic torture victim turns to love the torturer, too much.