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We Have Always Been Here
- Narrated by: Catherine Ho
- Length: 18 hrs and 12 mins
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Summary
This psychological sci-fi thriller from a debut author follows one doctor who must discover the source of her crew's madness...or risk succumbing to it herself.
Misanthropic psychologist Dr. Grace Park is placed on the Deucalion, a survey ship headed to an icy planet in an unexplored galaxy. Her purpose is to observe the thirteen human crew members aboard the ship - all specialists in their own fields - as they assess the colonization potential of the planet, Eos. But frictions develop as Park befriends the androids of the ship, preferring their company over the baffling complexity of humans, while the rest of the crew treats them with suspicion and even outright hostility.
Shortly after landing, the crew finds themselves trapped on the ship by a radiation storm, with no means of communication or escape until it passes - and that’s when things begin to fall apart. Park’s patients are falling prey to waking nightmares of helpless, tongueless insanity. The androids are behaving strangely. There are no windows aboard the ship. Paranoia is closing in, and soon Park is forced to confront the fact that nothing - neither her crew, nor their mission, nor the mysterious Eos itself - is as it seems.
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- Comfort Litha
- 03-09-23
Unexpected Plus Catalogue hit for me
As a book a day listener due to one of those diseases that makes one too tired to watch a movie, paying £7.99 for unlimited audiobooks a month sounds like heaven but can produce some truly terrible listens.
“We Have Always Been Here” is one of those sci fi stories that is a gem amongst hundreds of inferior paste tales.
Set in a future of FTL travel, planet colonisation, lotsa androids and a solid who dunnit, why and how plot that constantly leaves you thinking you have worked out who, why and when, only to find that you are wrong yet again is worth every moment spent reading it.
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- Dayglo
- 14-07-21
Excellent Story, Narration not to my liking
Excellent Sci Fi. It's a slow burner, which I was fine with - don't come expecting jump scares or frantic twists. There are enough mysteries and reveals, but it's not edge of your seat stuff. Interesting ideas. My one criticism is just that I really disliked the voice the narrator chose to use for the main character. I just found that voice quite flimsy and too child like. I know the narrator is experienced and clearly a good actor, and it was a deliberate decision - it just didn't work for me. Most of the book is told from the point of view of this character, so it was a bit annoying. Personal opinion though, and didn't detract from an otherwise excellent book.
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- Dr Lizard
- 27-02-24
A Slow Burn That Finds It’s Identity
We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen plays as a mystery-thriller (within a sci-fi context) about identity and consciousness, reality and loyalty. I know it’s seen as a horror by many, and though it does have unsettling themes and events within the work, a pervading sense of optimism lingers throughout. The story is a slow burn - not in a slow way it has to be said - but starts to build and integrate it’s more seemingly disparate elements towards a very grand and satisfying finale.
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- Darren
- 25-03-23
Not worth it I'm afrwid
dropping this after putting several hours into it, not worth your time. the story and premise have potential but the narration is poor at best. Sometimes the narrator isn't helped by the way dialogue is written but at the end of the day I have no motivation to want to listen to this any more
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