{5\/5} “Suddenly I was running a fully functional family practice, and most of my patients were people who had looked deeply into the Reality of the Spin and confronted it with courage and resolve… Before long I began to consider myself one of them, part of the work of extending human influence into the raging torrent of extraterrestrial time.”<\/p>\n
Spin<\/strong> by Robert Charles Wilson, published in 2005<\/p>\n The Earth has undergone a great change. The stars are no longer visible, and neither is the moon. The sun has been replaced by an imposter. Someone must have done this — but who, and why? Eventually it’s discovered that time is flowing more slowly inside the shield than outside. When this discovery is made it’s been 5 years since the event — but out in the universe it’s been 500 million years.<\/p>\n Every few chapters there’s a chapter that takes place some years in the future — what’s going on in these chapters is a bit mysterious, at least at first.<\/p>\n The ideas are big, the characters are unique, and the plot is gripping. If you read science fiction, this book should be on your list.<\/p>\n