Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: Stories

by Sarah Pinsker Narrated by Christina Delaine

Overview

Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea is one of the most anticipated science fiction and fantasy collections of recent years. Pinsker has shot like a star across the firmament with stories multiply nominated for awards as well as Sturgeon and Nebula Award wins.



In the baker's dozen stories gathered here, listeners travel to the past and future, and explore the weirder points of the present. The journey is the thing as Pinsker weaves music, memory, technology, history, mystery, love, loss, and even multiple selves on generation ships and cruise ships, on highways and high seas, in murder houses and tree houses. They feature runaways, fiddle-playing astronauts, and retired time travelers; they are weird, wired, hopeful, haunting, and deeply human.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Thoughtful and quite moving.”
— Rich Horton, Locus Magazine

"The last and best story in the issue, in my view, is the piece by Sarah Pinsker. Entitled "Our Lady of the Open Road", it's nothing more than an account of a few days in the life of a travelling rock band, in an era when actual live music has beem more or less squeezed to the margins by ubiquitous hologram playback technology. . . . It's full of nicely authentic details, too, such as the correct protocols for taking towels from hotel rooms.”
— Alastair Reynolds

"So, it hit the right buttons for me; while I wouldn’t say that it was a perfect novelette, I think it’s handling a topic that will speak to some people intimately and in a very particular way.”
— Brit Mandelo, tor.com

"Beautiful, bittersweet tale. Just perfect."
— SF Revu

"A bittersweet tale containing elements of the fantastic, but at the same time, very much rooted in real and relatable loss and pain. There is a beautiful subtlety to this story. It never hits the reader over the head with the speculative element, leaving much of that side of the story between the lines. Pinsker handles the subtext so deftly that two full stories present themselves to the reader, even though only one is fully outlined on the page.”
— A. C. Wise, SF Signal

DECEMBER 2020 - AudioFile

In this unusual collection of stories, Pinsker creates tales of the technological and the supernatural. Christina Delaine's performance provides a suitable voice for such explorations. Her pitch is deep and her delivery convincing, with solid dialogue exchanges and patient plot exposition. No matter what unfolds, Delaine is fully immersed in each role, and is confident and believable. The stories themselves can be a challenge to follow despite the skilled narration; after all, Pinsker is creating new worlds within our own. Listeners must envision such complexities as a farmer's cybernetic arm and a grandmother's robotic replacement, glimpses into a technological realm entangled with human emotions. Delaine is an agile and engaging narrator, and this collection will likely pique one’s imagination. L.B.F. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171360023
Publisher:	HighBridge Company
Publication date:	07/02/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged

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