![]() ![]() ![]() Update - : After Atlas has been shortlisted for the 2017 Arthur C. And since she has also written a series of fantasy novels, Split Worlds, that wish can be easily fulfilled! Gov-corp detective Carlos Moreno was only a baby when Atlas left Earth to seek truth among the stars. ![]() Reading the diptych will make you ask for more of Newman's writing. Acclaimed author Emma Newman returns to the captivating universe she created in Planetfall with a stunning science fiction mystery where one man's murder is much more than it seems. But it will also make visible how both, despite such different stories and settings, are a variation on the importance of choices. Carlos, in After Atlas, has all the appearances of the hard-boiled detective and reveals, layer by layer, his anger and his drive.īy reading Planetfall first and then After Atlas, both endings will be even more striking and leave you wondering what will happen. The characters are certainly a highlight of both novels: Ren, in Planetfall, is written with an amazingly true intensity. After Atlas is, for most of the novel, a grim social commentary through a murder investigation and reminds at times of The Stars My Destination.īut both have this common theme: how do you flee a life that's a sham and in which you try to hold onto appearances and find small ways to make it bearable? The themes and tones are different too: Planetfall is raw with grief. Emma Newman is a British science fiction and fantasy writer, podcaster and audiobook narrator. For all appearances, both novels are extremely different: while the first one is a metaphysical planet opera but above all a story about mental breakdown, the other one is a dystopian noir cyberpunk that moves from a Blade Runner like setting to Agatha Christie with more gore and virtual reality. ![]()
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