A Novel
Becks is nineteen, blasting her Walkman, and hiding from the fact that her beloved uncle, and the only person who understood her, is dead. Luckily, he left her a half-finished video game to complete - one last collaboration to find her way out of loneliness.
Dr. Portman works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and robotics, wrestling with her responsibility to Earth’s precarious future. But increasingly, it seems an exceptional project may transcend everything she believed to be possible…
After decades of life on the …
Becks is nineteen, blasting her Walkman, and hiding from the fact that her beloved uncle, and the only person who understood her, is dead. Luckily, he left her a half-finished video game to complete - one last collaboration to find her way out of loneliness.
Dr. Portman works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and robotics, wrestling with her responsibility to Earth’s precarious future. But increasingly, it seems an exceptional project may transcend everything she believed to be possible…
After decades of life on the sea, Yesiko knows a scavenger’s work is rife with moral compromise. Yet when a long-lost piece of technology walks aboard her ship, she is set on a path toward a sacrifice even she may be unwilling to make.
Linking these women across the centuries is a chain reaction of love, longing, and creativity that reveals our deep interconnectedness. Clear-eyed and hopeful, Homebound imagines how future generations will find meaning in the things we leave behind.
Hörbuch
Sprache: English
Am 5. Mai 2026 von Simon & Schuster Audio veröffentlicht.
I didn't get on with the audiobook version of this - though I loved the premise. I'm going to reread it on paper as soon as possible.
I could not cope with the jarring computerised voice style the narrator chose.
Loved the intertwined stories though.
Ironically for a book about connectedness, I didn't connect to this as much as I'd hoped; aside from the 1983 storyline, which I was deeply engaged by, the characters felt distant. It really comes into its own in the second half, when the link with the central game becomes more emotionally concrete - I wish that hook had been there from the beginning. The ideas are wonderful, the writing is brilliant, but the spark didn't land for me. Other readers have loved this, so I'm sure it's on me more than the author or the book itself.
