Survival

The Star Quest Trilogy, Book 3

By: Ben Bova

Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki

When a human team is sent to scout a few hundred light-years in front of the death wave, it encounters a civilization far in advance of our own, a civilization of machine intelligences.These sentient, intelligent machines have existed for eons and have survived earlier "death waves" - gamma-ray bursts from the core of the galaxy. They are totally self-sufficient, completely certain that the death wave cannot harm them, and utterly uninterested in helping to save other civilizations, whether organic or machine.

But now that the humans have discovered them, they refuse to allow them to leave their planet, reasoning that other humans will inevitably follow if they learn of their existence.

©2017 Ben Bova (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

amazing end to a series

I had a little difficulty getting started but once I got going I couldn't stop. 😊 as always Ben Bova wrote a thought provoking and beautiful story, and Stefan Rudnicki brought the book to life with perfec t narration.

Survival

Star Quest Series consists of three full-length novels that span hundreds of decades.

Listenable SciFi series. The plot basics center on a radioactive wave of light/energy expanding from the center of the Milky Way core; it will take thousands of years for the wave to reach earth, and protections are implemented. It is up to earthlings to travel the galaxy helping to protect other life forms found. And find them they do!

Although connected via the light wave, the books stand alone in that characters are unique to each story.

Narrated nicely by Stefan Rudnicki, no complaints.

Death waves

Circular logic used by humans about 5 too many times, nice ending where humans and
Machines finally gain respect for one another
And humans stop their petty philosophical
Arguing.

I like this one

It also show you how to deal with problems with logic and not like an neanderthal.
It was interesting, sometimes you can feel trapped with them.

Very interesting

Compelling main character. This is the kind of story that gives the lie to the current nonsense that one must see one's actual self in a story in order to be able to relate to the characters. I am neither Russian, nor male, nor an astronomer.
Only the unthinking narcissist really believes or experiences that "feeling".